This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system KELT-15. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016AJ....151..138R | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2015 / 10 / 1 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | KELT | |
| Right ascension | 07 49 39.61 | h m s |
| Declination | −52 07 13.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 117.41504 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -52.12044 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 11.44 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.85 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1719 ( 4.126 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 1.2 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2457029.16979 ± 0.00037 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.32946620 ± 0.00000053 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | arXiv:2312.03319 |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6003 +56 −52 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.047 ± 0.032 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.181 +0.051 −0.050 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.481 +0.091 −0.041 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.234 +0.045 −0.041 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.457 +0.078 −0.061 ( 0.645 +0.110 −0.086 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.39 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.04613 ± 0.00065 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 1.196 ± 0.072 ( 380 ± 22 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 1.52 +0.12 −0.11 ( 17.0 + 1.3 − 1.2 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 12.8 +2.1 −1.8 3.11 +0.07 −0.07 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 0.317 +0.083 −0.063 ( 0.421 +0.110 −0.084 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1904 ± 54 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016AJ....151..138R |
KELT-15 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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