Temperature
6236 K
6023 to 6236
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Kepler-506
Unclassified star • 228.4 pc
Records
15
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
16
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 120317234
Approximate color
from effective temperature
Canonical Summary
Adopted host values from one source row
Values come from the row with the most populated summary measurements. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Stellar source: Morton et al. 2016 • System source: TICv8
Mass
1.19 Msun
1.16 to 1.19
Radius
1.19 Rsun
1.16 to 1.61
Age
1.74 Gyr
1.70 to 2.14
Distance
228.4 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.19 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-506
1.19 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-506 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
6.88 days
Radius
2.73 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-506 b: A Neptune-Like World in a One-Planet System
Kepler-506 is a star located 745 light-years from Earth, with a single known planet in orbit. The host star is estimated to be 1.74 billion years old, with a mass of 1.19 solar masses and a radius of 1.19 solar radii. Its reported temperature is 6240 K.
The one known planet, Kepler-506 b, is classified as Neptune-like and was discovered in 2016 by the transit method, in which a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint and causes a small dip in observed brightness. Kepler-506 b completes an orbit every 6.88 days and has a radius of 2.73 Earth radii, larger than Earth's.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
15
Stellar refs
15
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Agedisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitydisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 228.4 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6023 | — | 1.61 | — | — | — | 228.4 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 6236 | 1.19 | 1.19 | 1.74 | — | — | 228.4 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 6145 | — | 1.16 | — | — | — | 228.4 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6145 | 1.18 | 1.16 | 1.70 | — | — | 228.4 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6184 | 1.18 | 1.19 | — | — | — | 228.4 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6163 | 1.16 | 1.19 | 2.14 | — | — | 228.4 | Fulton & Petigura 2018 | TICv8 |
| 6133.8 | 1.16 | 1.23 | — | 0.29 | — | 228.4 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 6145 | — | 1.16 | — | — | — | 228.4 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 6111.3 | — | 1.22 | — | 0.28 | — | 228.4 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 6133.8 | — | 1.23 | — | — | — | 228.4 | ExoFOP | TICv8 |
| 6163 | — | 1.20 | — | — | — | 228.4 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 6139 | 1.19 | 1.19 | — | — | — | 228.4 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6184 | 1.18 | 1.19 | — | — | — | 228.4 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6184 | 1.18 | 1.19 | — | — | — | 228.4 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |