This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system TOI-406b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2024A+A...692A.238L | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2024 / 9 / 18 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | TESS | |
| Right ascension | 03 17 02.98 | h m s |
| Declination | −42 14 32.5 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 49.26242 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | -42.24236 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.77 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 8.85 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0437 ( 1.049 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.1 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2458385.388 ± 0.002 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 3.307441 ± 0.000009 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2024A+A...692A.238L |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 3392 ± 44 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.02 ± 0.04 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 0.408 +0.046 −0.042 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 0.410 +0.029 −0.027 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.69 ± 0.04 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 5.1 +1.0 −1.1 ( 7.2 +1.4 −1.6 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | 0.032 +0.037 −0.023 | |
| Orbital semimajor axis | 0.0322 ± 0.0013 | AU |
| Planetary mass | 0.0065 ± 0.0007 ( 2.07 ± 0.22 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.118 ± 0.011 ( 1.32 ± 0.12 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | 11.6 ± 1.4 3.06 ± 0.05 | m/s2 log(cgs) |
| Planetary mean density | 3.7 ± 1.1 ( 4.9 ± 1.5 ) | ρjup g cm-3 |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 584 ± 22 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2024A+A...692A.238L |
TOI-406b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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