Kepler-15b

Kepler-15b
Exoplanet List of exoplanets
Parent star
Star Kepler-15
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension (α) 19h 44m 48.1365s[1]
Declination (δ) +49° 08′ 24.297″[1]
Apparent magnitude (mV) 13.8[2]
Distance2460±40[1] ly
(760±10[1] pc)
Mass (m) 1.018+0.044
−0.052[3] M☉
Radius (r) 0.992+0.058
−0.070[3] R☉
Temperature (T) 5515+122
−130[3] K
Metallicity [Fe/H] 0.36 ± 0.07[3]
Age 3.7+1.5
−3.6[3] Gyr
Orbital elements
Semi-major axis(a) 0.05714[3] AU
Orbital period(P) 4.942782[3] d
Inclination (i) 87.44[3]°
Time of transit (Tt) 2454969.328651[3] JD
Physical characteristics
Mass(m)0.66[3] MJ
Radius(r)0.96[3] RJ
Density(ρ)0.93[3] g cm−3
Discovery information
Discovery date 13 July 2011
Discoverer(s) Michael Endl et al.
Discovery method Transit method
Discovery status Confirmed
Database references
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia		data
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
Open Exoplanet Cataloguedata

Kepler-15b is a planet discovered by the Kepler spacecraft. It is a hot Jupiter, with a mass of 0.66 +0.08/-0.09 MJ, a radius 0.96 +0.06/-0.07 RJ and a period of about 4.94 days.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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. ↑ "Kepler-15 b". The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 26 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 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. ↑ http://exoplanet.hanno-rein.de/system.php?id=Kepler-15+b
  5. ↑ http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/Sieve/nph-sieve?&objstr=Kepler-15b


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