This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-666b. 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 53 49.64 | h m s |
| Declination | +48 47 29.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 298.45683 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 48.79158 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 15.55 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 13.81 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.1557 ( 3.737 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.05 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455004.34905 ± 0.00300 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 4.4987651 ± 0.0000178 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 5887 +165 −179 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | 0.01 +0.14 −0.17 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.030 +0.090 −0.050 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.050 +0.250 −0.120 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.410 +0.090 −0.170 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.187 +0.058 −0.020 ( 2.10 +0.65 −0.22 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 1133 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-666b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
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