TEPCat: Kepler-1659b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-1659b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2019MNRAS.485.4601P  
Date of discovery paper 2019 / 1 / 7 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 40 44.55 h m s
Declination +46 47 12.2 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 295.18563 degrees
Declination (decimal) 46.78672 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.39 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 12.57 mag
Transit duration 0.18
( 4.3 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.03 %
Time of mid-transit   2454960.32 ± 0.01     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 13.6164 ± 0.0001 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2019MNRAS.485.4601P  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5857 +273 −198 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.07 +0.14 −0.15 dex
Stellar mass 1.05 +0.13 −0.07   Msun
Stellar radius 1.07 +0.31 −0.13 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.40 +0.09 −0.19 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity 0.0114  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.11229  AU
Planetary mass 0.0283 ± 0.0009
( 9.00 ± 0.29 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.170 ± 0.018
( 1.91 ± 0.20 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature K
Reference of detailed study 2019MNRAS.485.4601P  

 

Kepler-1659b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/02/12           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)