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Kepler-406 b

Host star Kepler-406 • 1.42 R⊕ • 2.43 d orbit

Records

13

archive rows

Discovery

Transit

Radius

1.42 R⊕

median non-null value

Mass

5.84 M⊕

median non-null value

Kepler-406

1306 K equilibrium

Quick Summary

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Host Star

Kepler-406

Discovery

Transit

Year

2014

Period

2.43 day

Radius

1.32 Rearth

Mass

Eq. Temp

1306 K

Scale Comparison

Radius against familiar reference worlds

Current adopted radius: 1.42 R⊕ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Earth

1.0 R⊕ baseline

Kepler-406 b

1.42 R⊕

Jupiter

11.2 R⊕ reference

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

13

Refs

13

Methods

1

Discoverystable

13 values • 1 distinct

Facilitystable

13 values • 1 distinct

Periodstable

12 values • 1 distinct

Radiusdisputed

10 values • 7 distinct

Massdisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Eq. Tempdisputed

5 values • 3 distinct

YearMethodFacilityTelescopePeriodRadiusMassEq. TempReference
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.43 day1.32 Rearth1306 KQ1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.43 day1.43 Rearth6.35 MearthMarcy et al. 2014
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.43 day1.32 Rearth1306 KQ1-Q12 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.43 day1.45 RearthFulton & Petigura 2018
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.43 day1.32 Rearth1306 KQ1-Q16 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.43 day1.50 Rearth1375 KQ1-Q8 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.43 dayHolczer et al. 2016
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.43 dayQ1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.43 day1.27 RearthMorton et al. 2016
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.43 day1.41 Rearth1302 KQ1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope1.56 RearthBerger et al. 2018
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.43 day1.45 Rearth5.33 MearthWeiss et al. 2024
2014TransitKepler0.95 m Kepler Telescope2.43 dayGajdoš et al. 2019