TEPCat: Kepler-18d


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-18d. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2011ApJS..197....7C  
Date of discovery paper 2011 / 10 / 5 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 52 19.06 h m s
Declination +44 44 46.7 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 298.07942 degrees
Declination (decimal) 44.74631 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 13.75 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 11.76 mag
Transit duration 0.1533
( 3.679 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.3 %
Time of mid-transit   2454961.15421 ± 0.00024     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 14.85890876 ± 0.00000044 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2021MNRAS.503.4092B  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5383 ± 44 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.20 ± 0.04 dex
Stellar mass 0.972 ± 0.042   Msun
Stellar radius 1.108 ± 0.051 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.31 ± 0.12 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.72 ± 0.09
( 1.02 ± 0.13 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.00008 ± 0.00002  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.1172 ± 0.0017  AU
Planetary mass 0.0516 ± 0.0044
( 16.4 ± 1.4 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.623 ± 0.029
( 6.98 ± 0.33 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 0.20 ± 0.02
( 0.265 ± 0.027 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2011ApJS..197....7C  

 

Kepler-18d does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/04/12           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)