This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-66. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2013Natur.499...55M | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2013 / 6 / 28 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 35 55.58 | h m s |
| Declination | +46 41 15.9 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 293.98158 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 46.68775 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.66 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.62 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.16 ( 3.8 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.09 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454967.4854 ± 0.0025 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 17.815815 ± 0.000075 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2013Natur.499...55M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5962 ± 79 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.15 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.038 ± 0.044 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.966 ± 0.042 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.484 ± 0.023 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 1.15 ± 0.15 ( 1.62 ± 0.21 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.1352 ± 0.0017 | AU |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.250 ± 0.014 ( 2.80 ± 0.16 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2013Natur.499...55M |
Kepler-66 does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/03/24 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)