This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-655b. 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 49 02.18 | h m s |
| Declination | +46 50 35.4 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 297.25908 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 46.84317 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.58 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.21 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2928 ( 7.027 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455025.99633 ± 0.00200 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 46.4062600 ± 0.0001701 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6170 +73 −63 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.00 +0.09 −0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.150 +0.060 −0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.240 +0.180 −0.120 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.310 +0.080 −0.100 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.237 +0.042 −0.035 ( 2.66 +0.47 −0.39 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 588 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-655b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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