Kepler-45
Kepler-45, formerly known as KOI-254, is a star in the northern constellation of Cygnus. It is located at the celestial coordinates: right ascension 19h 31m 29.495s, declination +41° 03′ 51.37″.[6] With an apparent visual magnitude of 16.88,[4] this star is too faint to be seen with the naked eye.
| Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Cygnus[1] |
| Right ascension | 19h 31m 29.4967s[2] |
| Declination | +41° 03′ 51.356″[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 16.88[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Spectral type | M1 V[4] |
| Astrometry | |
| Proper motion (μ) | RA: 4.635±0.071[2] mas/yr Dec.: −21.579±0.083[2] mas/yr |
| Parallax (π) | 2.5904 ± 0.0434[2] mas |
| Distance | 1,260 ± 20 ly (386 ± 6 pc) |
| Details | |
| Mass | 0.59 ± 0.06[5] M☉ |
| Radius | 0.55 ± 0.11[5] R☉ |
| Temperature | 3820 ± 90[5] K |
| Metallicity [Fe/H] | 0.13 ± 0.13[5] dex |
| Other designations | |
| Database references | |
| SIMBAD | data |
| KIC | data |
Planetary system
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 0.5505 MJ | 0.030 | 2.455239 | — | — | 11 R⊕ |
The "Hot Jupiter" class planet Kepler-45b, discovered in 2011,[8] is unusually massive for the M-class parent star.[9] Its orbit is aligned within 11 degrees of rotational axis of the star.[10]
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See also
References
- "Cygnus – constellation boundary", The Constellations, International Astronomical Union, retrieved 2011-12-15
- 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 DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- "Kepler-45". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- Muirhead, Philip S.; Hamren, Katherine; Schlawin, Everett; Rojas-Ayala, Bárbara; Covey, Kevin R.; et al. (May 2012). "Characterizing the Cool Kepler Objects of Interests. New Effective Temperatures, Metallicities, Masses, and Radii of Low-mass Kepler Planet-candidate Host Stars". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 750 (2). L37. arXiv:1109.1819. Bibcode:2012ApJ...750L..37M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/750/2/L37.
- Kepler-45b, NASA Ames Research Center, retrieved 2011-12-06
- "Kepler Discoveries". 2011-12-05.
- Schneider, Jean, "Star: Kepler-45", Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia, Paris Observatory, archived from the original on 2014-03-04, retrieved 2011-12-06
- Kepler-45 b at exoplanet.eu
- Gaidos, E.; Mann, A. W.; Kraus, A. L.; Ireland, M. (2016). "They are small worlds after all: Revised properties of Kepler M dwarf stars and their planets". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 457 (3): 2877–2899. arXiv:1512.04437. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.457.2877G. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw097.
- Dai, Fei; Winn, Joshua N.; Berta-Thompson, Zachory; Sanchis-Ojeda, Roberto; Albrecht, Simon (2018). "Stellar Obliquity and Magnetic Activity of Planet-hosting Stars and Eclipsing Binaries Based on Transit Chord Correlation". The Astronomical Journal. 155 (4): 177. arXiv:1803.05000. Bibcode:2018AJ....155..177D. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aab618.
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