Kepler-15

Kepler-15
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension 19h 44m 48.1365s[1]
Declination +49° 08′ 24.297″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 13.8[2]
Characteristics
Spectral type G
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −2.780±0.032[1] mas/yr
Dec.: −12.122±0.036[1] mas/yr
Parallax (π)1.3238 ± 0.0203[1] mas
Distance2,460 ± 40 ly
(760 ± 10 pc)
Details
Mass1.018 +0.052
−0.044 M☉
Radius0.992 +0.070
−0.058 R☉
Luminosityabout 0.92 L☉
Temperature5595 (± 120) K
Metallicity+0.36 (± 0.07)
Rotational velocity (v sin i)about 2.0 km/s
Ageabout 3.7 Gyr
Other designations
KOI-128, KIC 11359879, 2MASS J19444814+4908244
Database references
SIMBADdata
KICdata

Kepler-15 is a star that is host to the planet Kepler-15b.[2] It is a G-type main sequence star with a mass of 1.018 M☉.[3] It is also known as KOI-128,[4] or KIC 11359879.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia Data Release 2 catalog entry
  2. 1 2 "The Extrasolar Planet Encyclopaedia — Catalog Listing". Exoplanet.eu. 2011-08-02. Archived from the original on 2012-01-21. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
  3. ↑ Endl, Michael; et al. (2011). "Kepler-15b: A Hot Jupiter Enriched in Heavy Elements and the First Kepler Mission Planet Confirmed with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 197. 13. Bibcode:2011ApJS..197...13E. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/197/1/13.
  4. ↑ "TEPCat: Kepler-15". Astro.keele.ac.uk. 2013-02-21. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
  5. ↑ Borucki; Koch; Gibor Basri; Natalie Batalha; Brown; Bryson; Douglas Caldwell; Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard; Cochran; DeVore, Edna; Dunham, Edward W.; Gautier III, Thomas N.; Geary, John C.; Gilliland, Ronald; Gould, Alan; Howell, Steve B.; Jenkins, Jon M.; Latham, David W.; Lissauer, Jack J.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Rowe, Jason; Sasselov, Dimitar; Boss, Alan; Charbonneau, David; Ciardi, David; Doyle, Laurance; Dupree, Andrea K.; Ford, Eric B.; Fortney, Jonathan; Holman, Matthew J.; et al. (2011). "Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler, II: Analysis of the first four months of data". arXiv:1102.0541v1 [astro-ph.EP].

Coordinates: 19h 44m 48.14s, +47° 08′ 24.5″


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