This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-551b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016ApJ...822...86M | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2016 / 5 / 10 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 01 56.41 | h m s |
| Declination | +48 03 15.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 285.48504 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 48.05431 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.34 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.19 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1128 ( 2.707 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.17 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455012.40495 ± 0.00087 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 12.3764690 ± 0.0000138 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4286 +38 −35 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.09 +0.11 −0.09 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.650 +0.030 −0.190 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.630 ± 0.020 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.660 ± 0.010 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.226 +0.011 −0.010 ( 2.53 +0.12 −0.11 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 483 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-551b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)