This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-906b. 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 25 37.33 | h m s |
| Declination | +40 07 31.7 | d m s |
| Right ascension (decimal) | 291.40554 | degrees |
| Declination (decimal) | 40.12547 | degrees |
| V-band apparent magnitude | 14.08 | mag |
| K-band apparent magnitude | 12.59 | mag |
| Transit duration | 0.2377 ( 5.705 ) | day hour |
| Transit depth | 0.04 | % |
| Time of mid-transit | 2455002.57548 ± 0.00300 | HJD or BJD |
| Orbital period | 41.6980186 ± 0.0001434 | days |
| Reference for orbital ephemeris | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
| Quantity | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar effective temperature | 6035 +73 −62 | K |
| Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H]) | −0.09 ± 0.10 | dex |
| Stellar mass | 1.060 ± 0.040 | Msun |
| Stellar radius | 1.020 ± 0.040 | Rsun |
| Stellar logarithmic surface gravity | 4.450 +0.020 −0.030 | c.g.s. |
| Stellar mean density | ρsun g cm-3 | |
| Orbital eccentricity | ||
| Orbital semimajor axis | AU | |
| Planetary mass | Mjup Mearth | |
| Planetary radius | 0.181 +0.028 −0.012 ( 2.03 +0.31 −0.13 ) | Rjup Rearth |
| Planetary surface gravity | m/s2 log(cgs) | |
| Planetary mean density | ρjup g cm-3 | |
| Planetary equilibrium temperature | 537 | K |
| Reference of detailed study | 2016ApJ...822...86M |
Kepler-906b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.
Page generated on 2025/08/27 John Southworth (Keele University, UK)