This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1406b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Reference of discovery paper | 2016ApJ...822...86M | |
| Date of discovery paper | 2016 / 5 / 10 | y / m / d |
| Data/telescope used for discovery | Kepler | |
| Right ascension | 19 28 19.64 | h m s |
| Declination | +38 54 54.1 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 292.08183 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 38.91503 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 13.39 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.88 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1238 ( 2.971 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.01 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2454965.82099 ± 0.00500 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 11.6290416 ± 0.0000744 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5892 +61 −56 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.04 +0.10 −0.08 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.050 +0.040 −0.050 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.120 +0.180 −0.110 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.360 +0.090 −0.110 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.117 ± 0.018 ( 1.31 ± 0.20 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 854 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-1406b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)