This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-37b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013Natur.494..452B | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2013 / 2 / 21 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 18 56 14.29 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 31 05.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 284.05954 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.51822 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 10.03 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 7.94 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.16 ( 3.8 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.001 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455017.03271 ± 0.00061 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 13.367308 ± 0.000072 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2013Natur.494..452B |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5357 ± 68 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.36 ± 0.05 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.790 +0.033 −0.030 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.789 ± 0.006 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.60 ± 0.12 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.624 +0.096 −0.093 ( 2.29 +0.14 −0.13 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.1003 +0.0008 −0.0011 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0 +0.0006 −0.0 ( 0.00 +0.19 −0.00 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.0270 +0.0047 −0.0065 ( 0.303 +0.053 −0.073 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2021MNRAS.507.1847R |
Kepler-37b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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