This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-466b. 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 42 35.69 | h m s |
| Declination | +48 29 44.0 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 295.64871 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 48.49556 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 12.91 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 11.37 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2655 ( 6.372 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.07 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455018.18087 ± 0.00098 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 51.0792645 ± 0.0000646 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5927 +77 −69 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.01 ± 0.09 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.040 +0.040 −0.100 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.050 +0.080 −0.060 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.420 +0.050 −0.070 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.245 +0.035 −0.025 ( 2.75 +0.39 −0.28 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 503 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-466b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)