This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-559b. 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 46 32.84 | h m s |
| Declination | +43 48 10.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 296.63683 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 43.80278 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.94 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.98 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1824 ( 4.378 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.14 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455009.07738 ± 0.00091 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 17.5875169 ± 0.0000211 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5630 +201 −197 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.03 +0.14 −0.15 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.960 +0.070 −0.190 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.950 +0.170 −0.090 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.470 +0.070 −0.130 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.360 ± 0.061 ( 4.04 ± 0.68 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 706 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-559b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)