This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-621b. 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 23 42.55 | h m s |
| Declination | +39 54 50.9 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 290.92729 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 39.91414 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.29 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.41 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0762 ( 1.829 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.09 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455002.71891 ± 0.00054 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 2.6281173 ± 0.0000018 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4521 +74 −51 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.02 +0.11 −0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.720 +0.020 −0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.680 ± 0.020 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.630 +0.010 −0.020 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.158 +0.021 −0.024 ( 1.77 +0.24 −0.27 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 737 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-621b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)