TEPCat: Kepler-553b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-553b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2016ApJ...822...86M  
Date of discovery paper 2016 / 5 / 10 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 54 12.20 h m s
Declination +48 19 56.8 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 298.55083 degrees
Declination (decimal) 48.33244 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 15.16 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 13.06 mag
Transit duration 0.1157
( 2.777 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.3 %
Time of mid-transit   2455004.09212 ± 0.00038     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 4.0304670 ± 0.0000018 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2024ApJS..271...16D  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 5191 +76 −78 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   +0.152 ± 0.058 dex
Stellar mass 0.889 +0.046 −0.036   Msun
Stellar radius 0.902 +0.021 −0.026 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.440 +0.019 −0.027 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density 1.22 +0.07 −0.11
( 1.721 +0.099 −0.155 )
ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis   0.04766 +0.00081 −0.00065  AU
Planetary mass 0.0 +0.365 −0.0
( 0 +116 −0 )
Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.423 +0.016 −0.011
( 4.74 +0.18 −0.12 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 1089 ± 19 K
Reference of detailed study 2024ApJS..271...16D  

 

Kepler-553b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


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