TEPCat: Kepler-65b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-65b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2013ApJ...766..101C  
Date of discovery paper 2013 / 2 / 16 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 14 45.29 h m s
Declination +41 09 04.3 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 288.68871 degrees
Declination (decimal) 41.15119 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 11.10 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 9.81 mag
Transit duration 0.1282
( 3.077 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.010 %
Time of mid-transit   2455701.32382 ± 0.00011     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 2.1549209 ± 0.000008 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2019AJ....157..145M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6211 ± 66 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.17 ± 0.06 dex
Stellar mass 1.248 +0.018 −0.021   Msun
Stellar radius 1.437 +0.032 −0.027 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.232 ± 0.006 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 0.440 ± 0.008
( 0.621 ± 0.011 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.028 +0.031 −0.02  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.035 +0.002 −0.001  AU
Planetary mass 0.008 +0.008 −0.005
( 2.5 +2.5 −1.6 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.1288 +0.0033 −0.0028
( 1.444 +0.037 −0.031 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density 3.3 +3.4 −2.3
( 4.4 +4.5 −3.1 )
ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2019AJ....157..145M  

 

Entries in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements:
 
Reference λ (degrees)
Chaplin et al. (2013)aligned

 

 


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