This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-506b. 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 | 18 58 32.44 | h m s |
| Declination | +40 43 11.3 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 284.63517 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 40.71981 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 10.95 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 9.62 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.0861 ( 2.066 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455005.66227 ± 0.00100 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 6.8834128 ± 0.0000134 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6236 ± 58 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.09 +0.08 −0.09 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.190 ± 0.030 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.190 ± 0.020 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.360 ± 0.010 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.235 +0.006 −0.008 ( 2.634 +0.067 −0.090 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1080 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-506b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)