This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-562b. 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 20 28.71 | h m s |
| Declination | +46 16 25.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 290.11962 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 46.27381 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.96 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.12 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2067 ( 4.961 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.30 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455015.44101 ± 0.00045 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 18.0093221 ± 0.0000101 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5575 +84 −85 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.04 +0.15 −0.18 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.930 +0.050 −0.160 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.900 +0.110 −0.060 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.500 +0.050 −0.110 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.443 +0.140 −0.035 ( 4.97 +1.57 −0.39 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 658 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-562b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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