This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-568b. 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 52 25.37 | h m s |
| Declination | +48 24 04.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 298.10571 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 48.40114 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.06 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.96 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0617 ( 1.481 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.18 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455004.11466 ± 0.00053 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 11.0234748 ± 0.0000076 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 3768 +41 −40 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.11 ± 0.08 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.550 +0.020 −0.160 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.530 ± 0.020 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.730 ± 0.010 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.219 +0.012 −0.017 ( 2.45 +0.13 −0.19 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 429 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-568b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)