Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Cygnus |
Right ascension | 19h 44m 48.1365s [1] |
Declination | +49° 08′ 24.298″ [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.8 [2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G6V |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: −2.755(15) mas/yr [1] Dec.: −12.129(17) mas/yr [1] |
Parallax (π) | 1.3181 ± 0.0139 mas [1] |
Distance | 2,470 ± 30 ly (759 ± 8 pc) |
Details | |
Mass | 1.018 +0.052 −0.044 M☉ |
Radius | 0.992 +0.070 −0.058 R☉ |
Luminosity | 0.92 L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.32±0.1 [3] cgs |
Temperature | 5679±50 [3] K |
Metallicity | 0.36±0.07 |
Rotational velocity (v sin i) | 2.0 km/s |
Age | 3.7 Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
KIC | data |
Kepler-15 (also known as KOI-128 or KIC 11359879 [5] [6] is a G-type main sequence star with a mass of 1.018 solar masses and a radius of 1.253 solar radius. The star lies at a temperature of 5595 Kelvin. [7]
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Companion (in order from star) | Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) | Orbital period (days) | Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b | 0.66±0.09 MJ | 0.05714±0.00093 | 4.942782±1.3e-06 | — | 87.44±1.5° | 0.96±0.07 RJ |
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