This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-572b. 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 24 53.06 | h m s |
| Declination | +50 34 52.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 291.22108 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 50.58128 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.69 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.56 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1529 ( 3.670 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.11 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455008.05878 ± 0.00100 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 17.2052290 ± 0.0000246 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5212 +89 −78 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.10 +0.16 −0.19 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.830 +0.040 −0.170 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.790 ± 0.050 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.570 +0.040 −0.060 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.198 +0.029 −0.014 ( 2.22 +0.33 −0.16 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 553 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-572b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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