TEPCat: Kepler-54b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-54b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2013MNRAS.428.1077S  
Date of discovery paper 2012 / 8 / 20 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 39 05.74 h m s
Declination +43 03 22.7 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 294.77392 degrees
Declination (decimal) 43.05631 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 16.55 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 12.64 mag
Transit duration 0.1196
( 2.870 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.11 %
Time of mid-transit   2455003.22823 ± 0.00206     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 8.010260 ± 0.000030 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2014ApJ...784...45R  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 3854 ± 80 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   −0.16 ± 0.10 dex
Stellar mass 0.518 ± 0.013   Msun
Stellar radius 0.522 ± 0.014 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.730 ± 0.150 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 3.61 ± 0.20
( 5.09 ± 0.28 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.022 +0.020 −0.015  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass 0.0097 +0.0009 −0.0010
( 3.08 +0.29 −0.32 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.1656 ± 0.0051
( 1.856 ± 0.057 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2023A+A...669A.117L  

 

Kepler-54b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/03/17           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)