TEPCat: Kepler-620b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-620b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
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 38.25 h m s
Declination +51 20 05.5 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 291.15938 degrees
Declination (decimal) 51.33486 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 14.78 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.28 mag
Transit duration 0.2237
( 5.369 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.05 %
Time of mid-transit   2455010.27535 ± 0.00300     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 12.9138591 ± 0.0000432 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6155 +121 −148 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.03 +0.14 −0.16 dex
Stellar mass 1.150 +0.150 −0.060   Msun
Stellar radius 1.220 +0.450 −0.160 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.330 +0.100 −0.220 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.222 +0.061 −0.033
( 2.49 +0.68 −0.37 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 849 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-620b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/08/27           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)