This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting planetary system Kepler-106b. 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 | 20 03 27.36 | h m s |
| Declination | +44 20 15.2 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 300.86400 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 44.33756 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.02 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.43 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.115 ( 2.76 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.006 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454968.63562 ± 0.0087 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 6.16489 ± 0.00015 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2013ApJS..204...24B |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5858 ± 114 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.12 ± 0.11 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.00 ± 0.07 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.04 ± 0.17 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.407 ± 0.14 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | 0.98 ± 0.11 ( 1.38 ± 0.16 ) | ρsun g cm-3 |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | 0.0 +0.017 −0.0 ( 0.0 +5.4 −0.0 ) | Mjup Mearth |
| Planetary radius | 0.073 ± 0.010 ( 0.82 ± 0.11 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | K | |
| Reference of detailed study | 2014ApJS..210...20M |
Kepler-106b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2026/01/29 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)