Kepler-15

Kepler-15
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
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]
Distance2,470 ± 30 ly
(759 ± 8 pc)
Details
Mass1.018 +0.052
−0.044 M☉
Radius0.992 +0.070
−0.058 R☉
Luminosity0.92 L☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.32±0.1[3] cgs
Temperature5679±50[3] K
Metallicity0.36±0.07
Rotational velocity (v sin i)2.0 km/s
Age3.7 Gyr
Other designations
Gaia DR2 2134850847813263360, KOI-128, KIC 11359879, 2MASS J19444814+4908244[4]
Database references
SIMBADdata
KICdata

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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