This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-62b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013Sci...340..587B | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2013 / 4 / 18 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 18 52 51.06 | h m s |
| Declination | +45 20 59.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 283.21275 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 45.34986 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.89 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.66 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0963 ( 2.311 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.043 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455003.9189 ± 0.0009 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 5.714932 ± 0.000009 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2013Sci...340..587B |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5062 ± 71 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.34 ± 0.04 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.764 ± 0.011 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.660 ± 0.018 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.683 ± 0.023 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 2.7 ± 0.2 ( 3.81 ± 0.28 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0553 ± 0.0005 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0 +0.028 −0.0 ( 0.0 +8.9 −0.0 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.1169 ± 0.0036 ( 1.310 ± 0.040 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 750 ± 41 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2018NewAR..83...28B |
Kepler-62b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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