This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-61. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013ApJ...773...98B | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2013 / 4 / 25 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 41 13.08 | h m s |
| Declination | +42 28 31.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 295.30450 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 42.47528 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.47 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.27 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2019 ( 4.846 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.14 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454984.1880 ± 0.0027 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 59.87756 ± 0.00020 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2013ApJ...773...98B |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 4017 +68 −150 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.03 ± 0.14 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.635 ± 0.037 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.62 +0.02 −0.05 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | c.g.s. | |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 +0.25 −0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.192 ± 0.012 ( 2.15 ± 0.13 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 273 ± 13 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2013ApJ...773...98B |
Kepler-61 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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