Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-206 d

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-206, located approximately 1,938.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.19 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.81 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.28 g
  • An orbital period of 23.443 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1630 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 681 K (408 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,938.82 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.464
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 34,191,169 years

2 siblings around Kepler-206

Kepler-206 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-206 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.20 1.87 7.782 983 2014
Kepler-206 c Super-Earth 1.77 3.78 13.137 825 2014
Kepler-206 d this Rocky Terrestrial 1.19 1.81 23.443 681 2014

Kepler-206 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.19 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.106 R♃
Mass
1.81 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.006 M♃
Density
5.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.464
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#101of 570

top 17.5%

This planet

1.19R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-206 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.81317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0044.170.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137342279

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2101715862321812736

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2101715862321812736

System

Kepler-206

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.190 R⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 570
Mass 1.810 M⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 570
Orbital period 23.44 d · percentile 93 / cohort 567
Distance 594.45 pc · percentile 72 / cohort 566
ESI 0.464 · percentile 67 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
23.443 days
Semi-major axis
0.1630 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.83 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 23.44 Earth days (6.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1630 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.009 %

Duration

5.389 h

Impact parameter b

0.100

Rp / R★

0.008207

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,985.0105

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 85 ppm lasting ≈ 5.39 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.008207

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.710

Impact parameter (b)

0.100

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,985.0105

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.27400

Eq. Temperature

681K

(408 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

44.17

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.464

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-206

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,764 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.32 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.185 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.957 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.311 dex

Stellar density

0.780 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
594.45 parsec
Light-years 1,938.82 ly
V-band magnitude
13.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 34,191,169 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.314.414.43B13.51V13.46Gaia13.48Kepler13.00TESS13.94Sloan g13.43Sloan r13.29Sloan i13.21Sloan z12.33J12.05H12.00K11.95W112.01W212.32W39.28W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.653 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.869 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.11 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.275 · y = -0.693 · z = 0.667

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.63466° · Dec 41.83384°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.167° · 11.710°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.578° · 62.552°

HTM-20 index

-307371590

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