This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-855b. 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 40 22.80 | h m s |
| Declination | +43 32 15.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 295.09500 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 43.53756 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.22 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.34 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2173 ( 5.215 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.63 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455193.51413 ± 0.00031 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 7.8866325 ± 0.0000035 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5835 +100 −156 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.06 +0.15 −0.16 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.030 +0.060 −0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.030 +0.210 −0.100 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.420 +0.070 −0.150 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.802 +0.236 −0.157 ( 9.0 +2.6 −1.8 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 996 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-855b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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