This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-579b. 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 40 00.49 | h m s |
| Declination | +39 57 10.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 295.00204 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 39.95292 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.53 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.55 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1027 ( 2.465 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.04 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455007.53483 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 9.6685739 ± 0.0000190 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5636 +135 −186 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.13 +0.15 −0.14 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.990 +0.060 −0.100 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.960 +0.160 −0.080 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.470 +0.060 −0.130 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.170 +0.029 −0.017 ( 1.91 +0.33 −0.19 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 730 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-579b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)