Kepler-13

Kepler-13 or KOI-13 is a stellar triple star system consisting of Kepler-13A, around which an orbiting hot Jupiter exoplanet was discovered with the Kepler spacecraft in 2011, and Kepler-13B a common proper motion companion star which has an additional star orbiting it.

Kepler-13
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Lyra
Kepler-13 A
Right ascension 19h 07m 53.1397s
Declination 46° 52 05.922
Apparent magnitude (V) 9.95
Kepler-13 B
Right ascension 19h 07m 53.0281s
Declination 46° 52 06.126
Apparent magnitude (V) 10.33
Characteristics
Spectral type A0
Astrometry
Kepler-13 A
Proper motion (μ) RA: −4.411(42) mas/yr
Dec.: −15.220(50) mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.0319 ± 0.0344 mas
Distance1,610 ± 30 ly
(492 ± 8 pc)
Kepler-13 B
Proper motion (μ) RA: −4.060(33) mas/yr
Dec.: −15.512(40) mas/yr
Parallax (π)2.0912 ± 0.0263 mas
Distance1,560 ± 20 ly
(478 ± 6 pc)
Details
Kepler-13A
Mass1.72±0.10 M
Radius1.71±0.04 R
Surface gravity (log g)4.2±0.5 cgs
Temperature7650±250 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.2±0.2 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)78±15 km/s
Age0.5±0.1 Gyr
Kepler-13B
Mass1.68±0.10 M
Radius1.68±0.04 R
Surface gravity (log g)4.2±0.5 cgs
Temperature7530±250 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.2±0.2 dex
Rotational velocity (v sin i)69±13 km/s
Age0.5±0.1 Gyr
Other designations
BD+46 2629, ADS 12085 AB, WDS J19079+4652AB, KOI-13, KIC 9941662, 2MASS J19075308+4652061
Database references
SIMBADdata
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