TEPCat: Kepler-558b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-558b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
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 18 58 37.88 h m s
Declination +42 39 09.6 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 284.65783 degrees
Declination (decimal) 42.65267 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.02 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 12.96 mag
Transit duration 0.2095
( 5.028 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.09 %
Time of mid-transit   2455003.55349 ± 0.00200     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 29.0078917 ± 0.0000848 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5242 +93 −66 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.06 +0.15 −0.17 dex
Stellar mass 0.850 ± 0.040   Msun
Stellar radius 0.810 ± 0.050 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.560 +0.030 −0.060 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.236 +0.038 −0.020
( 2.65 +0.43 −0.22 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 498 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-558b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/08/27           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)