This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-556b. 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 22 07.06 | h m s |
| Declination | +38 56 33.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 290.52942 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 38.94264 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.27 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.67 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1753 ( 4.207 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455010.31960 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 11.7229121 ± 0.0000257 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5740 +58 −49 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.03 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.000 +0.030 −0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.980 +0.080 −0.050 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.460 +0.040 −0.070 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.186 +0.023 −0.019 ( 2.08 +0.26 −0.21 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 766 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-556b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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