This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-406b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2014ApJS..210...20M | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2014 / 1 / 20 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 27 23.53 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 58 05.6 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 291.84804 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.96822 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.67 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 10.97 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.110 ( 2.64 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.018 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454954.9285 ± 0.0010 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 2.4263068 ± 0.0000013 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJS..225....9H |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5538 ± 74 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | +0.18 ± 0.07 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.07 ± 0.06 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.07 ± 0.02 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.409 ± 0.02 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.79 ± 0.01 ( 1.115 ± 0.014 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.0 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | 0.020 ± 0.004 ( 6.4 ± 1.3 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.128 ± 0.003 ( 1.435 ± 0.034 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | 8.91 ± 2.04 ( 11.8 ± 2.7 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014ApJS..210...20M |
Kepler-406b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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