This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-618b. 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 04 59.95 | h m s |
| Declination | +48 03 39.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 286.24979 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 48.06092 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.97 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.34 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1315 ( 3.156 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.04 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455003.36915 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.5957690 ± 0.0000094 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5860 +67 −80 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.08 ± 0.15 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.050 +0.070 −0.140 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.080 +0.320 −0.110 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.390 +0.090 −0.210 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.213 ± 0.034 ( 2.39 ± 0.38 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1296 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-618b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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