This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-617b. 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 | 18 54 57.76 | h m s |
| Declination | +47 30 58.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 283.74067 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 47.51628 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.56 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.57 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0578 ( 1.387 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.07 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455003.45312 ± 0.00060 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 1.6826959 ± 0.0000013 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 3712 +34 −33 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.07 ± 0.08 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.510 +0.020 −0.060 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.480 +0.020 −0.030 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.770 ± 0.020 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.110 +0.009 −0.012 ( 1.23 +0.10 −0.13 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 750 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-617b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2026/01/29 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)