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Kepler-66 0.64 R⦿ 5722.00 K
Kepler-66 b
0.250 RJup
Architecture
Kepler-66
Kepler-66
Kepler-66 b
Other Data
Bibliography 18
Exoplanet Archive Notes 1
Nearby Data 7
Discovery Data
Host Planet Method Year Reference Disposition
Kepler-66 Kepler-66 b Transit 2013 Meibom et al. 2013 Confirmed Planet
Kepler-66 b
  • Orbital period, transit mid-point, transit duration, Rp/Rs and their errors taken from DR24 KOI table. Planet radius error propagated from stellar radius error in ref. and Rp/Rs error. (Morton et al. 2016)
RA
19h35m55.57s
Dec
+46d41m15.82s
Distance
1202.960±37.295 pc
Parallax
0.8029880±0.0255583 mas
Ecliptic Latitude
66.47612 deg
Ecliptic Longitude
314.30996 deg
Galactic Latitude
12.35796 deg
Galactic Longitude
79.37647 deg
Total Proper Motion
9.4345682±0.0460115 mas/yr
Proper Motion (RA)
-3.4427600±0.0494368 mas/yr
Proper Motion (Dec)
-8.7839900±0.0454625 mas/yr
Photometry
mV
15.290±0.115
mTESS
14.6768±0.0072
mJ
14.021±0.026
mH
13.689±0.029
mKs
13.621±0.045
mKep
15.200
mW1
13.512±0.024
mW2
13.479±0.027
mW3
13.012±0.455
mW4
9.591
mGaia
15.147400±0.000705
mB
15.269±0.065
mg
---
mi
---
mr
---
mz
---
Abundances
(Hypatia Catalog)
[Fe/H] 0.04±0.04 dex
[C/H] -0.11±0.09 dex
[O/H] -0.20±0.09 dex
[Na/H] -0.21±0.04 dex
[Mg/H] -0.05±0.07 dex
[Al/H] -0.14±0.06 dex
[Si/H] -0.06±0.05 dex
[Ca/H] 0.03±0.06 dex
[Y/H] 0.09±0.08 dex
Mission
Tools
ExoFOP Target Overview Page
IRSA Finding Chart
Kepler Names
KOI
Kepler Stellar Data
Kepler Positional Probabilities
Q1-Q17 DR25 False Positive Probabilities
Kepler Certified False Positive
Q1-Q16 DR25 TCE
Stellar Hosts
Kepler Time Series
Kepler TCE Time Series
Source TICv8 Berger et al. 2018 Gaia DR2 Morton et al. 2016 Meibom et al. 2013 Batalha et al. 2013 Latham et al. 2005 Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table Q1-Q16 KOI Table Q1-Q12 KOI Table Q1-Q8 KOI Table Q1-Q6 KOI Table Show Candidate Solutions >> << Hide Candidate Solutions
Teff
(K)
5777.2±144.0 5786±116
5587.187+134.813-187.587
5942.000+84.412-91.852
 5962±79 5722 5722 ---
5964 +107-131
5964 +109-126
5964 +109-126
5964.00 +109.00-126.00
5969.00±103.00 5722
Metallicity
(dex)
0.0444832±0.0141486 [M/H] --- ---
-0.150+0.102-0.108
[Fe/H] 		-0.2±0.1 [M/H] --- -0.079 [Fe/H] --- -0.22±0.15 [Fe/H] -0.220±0.140 [Fe/H] -0.220±0.140 [Fe/H] -0.220±0.140 [Fe/H] --- ---
R✶
(R⦿)
1.05872
1.044+0.059-0.055
1.0790985+0.0762801-0.0502491
0.9600+0.0440-0.0430
 0.966±0.042 0.87 0.640 ---
0.933 +0.136-0.063
0.933 +0.169-0.058
0.933 +0.169-0.058
0.9330 +0.1690-0.0580
0.9200±0.2700 .87
log g
(log10(cm/s2))
4.40554 --- ---
4.480+0.026-0.029
 4.484±0.023 4.55 4.82 ---
4.484 +0.04-0.12
4.484 +0.037-0.142
4.484 +0.037-0.142
4.484 +0.037-0.142
4.520±0.300 4.55
Age
(Gyr)
--- --- ---
2.240+1.430-0.816
 1.00±0.17 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.4±2.6 ---
ρ✶
(g/cm3)
1.2355210 --- --- --- 1.62±0.21 --- --- ---
0.34012 +3.58706-0.09905
4.08124 +0.51610-1.15392
4.08124 +0.51610-1.15392
4.08124 +0.51610-1.15392
--- ---
M✶
(M⦿)
1.04 --- ---
1.000+0.042-0.045
 1.038±0.044 0.98 --- ---
0.968 +0.055-0.076
0.968 +0.055-0.072
0.968 +0.055-0.072
0.9680 +0.0550-0.0720
1.0240±0.0540 ---
Sp. T
--- --- --- --- G0 V --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
L✶
(log10(L⦿))
0.05113013 ---
0.0095897034+0.0336197390-0.0364423070
 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
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Status
Confirmed Planet
Detected By
Transit
Tools
Transit Prediction Service
Kepler Names
KOI
Transit
Source Meibom et al. 2013 GajdoĊĦ et al. 2019 Berger et al. 2018 Holczer et al. 2016 Morton et al. 2016 Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table Q1-Q16 KOI Table Q1-Q12 KOI Table Q1-Q8 KOI Table Show Candidate Solutions >> << Hide Candidate Solutions
S
(S⨁)
--- ---
62.845+4.878-4.478
 --- --- ---
56.48 +23.14-11.54
56.48 +28.24-10.87
56.48 +28.24-10.87
56.48 +28.24-10.87
---
Rp
(R⨁)
2.80±0.16 ---
3.492+0.197-0.623
 ---
2.93+0.16-0.14
 ---
3.12 +0.46-0.21
2.81 +0.51-0.17
2.81 +0.51-0.17
2.81 +0.51-0.17
2.94±0.95
Rp
(RJup)
0.250±0.014 ---
0.3115+0.0176-0.0556
 ---
0.261+0.014-0.012
 --- --- --- --- --- ---
a/R✶
30.3±1.0 --- --- --- --- --- 17.87±8.6 40.91±5.2 40.91±5.2 40.91±5.2 27±13
Teq
(K)
--- --- --- --- --- --- 699 699 699 699 688
b
0.56±0.26 --- --- --- --- ---
0.911 +0.016-0.648
0.1789 +0.2775-0.1788
0.1789 +0.2775-0.1788
0.1789 +0.2775-0.1788
0.78±0.61
e
--- --- --- --- --- --- 0 0 0 0 0
i
(deg)
--- --- --- --- --- --- 87.08 89.95 89.95 89.95 88.24
P
(days)
17.815815±0.000075 17.8159449796±0.0000398280 --- 17.81594735±0.00000357 17.81595067±4.409e-05 17.8159689±9.02e-05 17.8159689±9.02e-05 17.81595067±4.409e-05 17.81595067±4.409e-05 17.81595067±4.409e-05 17.81563±0.00015
Rp/R✶
0.02646±0.00097 --- --- ---
0.027605 +0.000752-0.000559
---
0.030625 +3.6e-05-0.005214
0.027605 +0.000752-0.000559
0.027605 +0.000752-0.000559
0.027605 +0.000752-0.000559
0.0292±0.0042
a
(au)
0.1352±0.0017 --- --- --- --- --- .1321 .1321 .1321 .1321 .135
δ
(%)
--- --- --- 0.0923 --- --- 0.07768±0.00394 0.09060±0.00242 0.09060±0.00242 0.09060±0.00242 0.08400
T14
(hours)
--- --- --- 3.6943 3.3668±0.0713 --- 3.6765±0.0972 3.3668±0.0713 3.3668±0.0713 3.3668±0.0713 3.4131
TC
(days)
2454967.4854±0.0025 2454967.48488000±0.00163989 --- 2454967.482897±0.003222 2454967.48201±0.00204 2454967.483±0.00409 2454967.483±0.00409 2454967.482±0.00204 2454967.482±0.00204 2454967.482±0.00204 2454967.4875±0.0032
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Kepler Detection Products (4 File Types, 15 Files)
Kepler Pipeline Data Validation Reports q1_q12_tce q1_q16_tce q1_q17_dr24_tce q1_q17_dr25_tce
Kepler Pipeline Data Validation Summaries q1_q12_tce q1_q16_tce q1_q17_dr24_tce q1_q17_dr25_tce
Kepler TCERT Reports q1_q16_tce q1_q17_dr24_tce q1_q17_dr25_tce
Kepler Planet Detection Metrics q1_q17_dr24_stellar q1_q17_dr24_stellar q1_q17_dr25_stellar q1_q17_dr25_stellar
Kepler Detection Products
Kepler Pipeline Data Validation Summaries q1_q12_tce q1_q16_tce q1_q17_dr24_tce q1_q17_dr25_tce
Kepler Object of Interest
KepID 9836149 9836149 9836149 9836149 9836149 9836149 9836149
KOI Name K01958.01 K01958.01 K01958.01 K01958.01 K01958.01 K01958.01 K01958.01
Kepler Name Kepler-66 b Kepler-66 b Kepler-66 b Kepler-66 b Kepler-66 b Kepler-66 b Kepler-66 b
Exoplanet Archive Disposition CONFIRMED CONFIRMED CONFIRMED CONFIRMED CONFIRMED CONFIRMED CONFIRMED
Vetting Status Done Done Done Done Done Done Done
Date of Last Parameter Update 2018-08-16 2017-08-31 2015-09-24 2014-12-18 2014-12-04 2014-01-07 2013-02-12
Disposition Using Kepler Data CANDIDATE CANDIDATE CANDIDATE NOT DISPOSITIONED NOT DISPOSITIONED NOT DISPOSITIONED CANDIDATE
Not Transit-Like False Positive Flag 0 0 0 0 0 --- ---
Stellar Eclipse False Positive Flag 0 0 0 0 0 --- ---
Centroid Offset False Positive Flag 0 0 0 0 0 --- ---
Ephemeris Match Indicates Contamination False Positive Flag 0 0 0 0 0 --- ---
Disposition Provenance q1_q17_dr25_sup_koi q1_q17_dr25_koi q1_q17_dr24_koi q1_q16_koi q1_q12_koi q1_q8_koi q1_q6_kepler_candidates
Orbital Period [days] 17.8159689±9.02e-05 17.8159689±9.02e-05 17.81595067±4.409e-05 17.81595067±4.409e-05 17.81595067±4.409e-05 17.81563±0.00015 17.81563±0.00015
Transit Epoch [BKJD] 134.4832±0.00409 134.4832±0.00409 134.48201±0.00204 134.48201±0.00204 134.48201±0.00204 134.4875±0.0032 134.4876±0.0032
Transit Epoch [BJD] 2454967.483±0.00409 2454967.483±0.00409 2454967.482±0.00204 2454967.482±0.00204 2454967.482±0.00204 2454967.4875±0.0032 2454967.4876±0.0032
Parameters Provenance q1_q17_dr25_sup_koi q1_q17_dr25_koi q1_q17_dr24_koi q1_q16_koi q1_q12_koi q1_q8_koi q1_q6_kepler_candidates
Number of Planets 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
TCE Delivery q1_q17_dr25_tce q1_q17_dr25_tce q1_q17_dr24_tce q1_q16_tce q1_q12_tce --- ---
Link to DV Report kplr009836149-20160209194854_dvr.pdf kplr009836149-20160209194854_dvr.pdf kplr009836149-20141002224145_dvr.pdf kplr009836149-20130815195353_dvr.pdf kplr009836149-20121029204534_dvr.pdf --- ---
RA [decimal degrees] 293.98157 293.98157 293.98157 293.98157 293.98157 293.98157 293.98157
Dec [decimal degrees] 46.687751999999996 46.687751999999996 46.687751999999996 46.687751999999996 46.687751999999996 46.687751999999996 46.687751999999996
Kepler-band [mag] 15.200000000000001 15.200000000000001 15.200000000000001 15.200000000000001 15.200000000000001 15.200000000000001 15.200000000000001
g'-band [mag] 15.661000000000001 15.661000000000001 15.661000000000001 15.661000000000001 15.661000000000001 15.661000000000001 15.661000000000001
r'-band [mag] 15.133000000000001 15.133000000000001 15.133000000000001 15.133000000000001 15.133000000000001 15.133000000000001 15.133000000000001
i'-band [mag] 15.002 15.002 15.002 15.002 15.002 15.002 15.002
z'-band [mag] 14.923 14.923 14.923 14.923 14.923 14.923 14.923
J-band [mag] 14.021 14.021 14.021 14.021 14.021 14.021 14.021
H-band [mag] 13.689 13.689 13.689 13.689 13.689 13.689 13.689
K-band [mag] 13.621 13.621 13.621 13.621 13.621 13.621 13.621
Disposition Score --- 1.0 --- --- --- --- ---
Comment --- NO_COMMENT --- --- --- --- ---
Eccentricity --- 0 0 0 0 0 0
Impact Parameter ---
0.911 +0.016-0.648
0.1789 +0.2775-0.1788
0.1789 +0.2775-0.1788
0.1789 +0.2775-0.1788
0.78±0.61 0.73±0.78
Transit Duration [hrs] --- 3.6765±0.0972 3.3668±0.0713 3.3668±0.0713 3.3668±0.0713 3.4131 3.3844
Transit Depth [ppm] --- 776.8±39.4 906±24.2 906±24.2 906±24.2 840 831
Planet-Star Radius Ratio ---
0.030625 +3.6e-05-0.005214
0.027605 +0.000752-0.000559
0.027605 +0.000752-0.000559
0.027605 +0.000752-0.000559
0.0292±0.0042 0.0284±0.0042
Fitted Stellar Density [g/cm**3] ---
0.34012 +3.58706-0.09905
4.08124 +0.51610-1.15392
4.08124 +0.51610-1.15392
4.08124 +0.51610-1.15392
--- ---
Planetary Fit Type --- LS+MCMC MCMC MCMC MCMC --- ---
Planetary Radius [Earth radii] ---
3.12 +0.46-0.21
2.81 +0.51-0.17
2.81 +0.51-0.17
2.81 +0.51-0.17
2.94±0.95 2.7
Orbit Semi-Major Axis [au] --- .1321 .1321 .1321 .1321 .135 .133
Inclination [deg] --- 87.08 89.95 89.95 89.95 88.24 ---
Equilibrium Temperature [K] --- 699 699 699 699 688 646
Insolation Flux [Earth flux] ---
56.48 +23.14-11.54
56.48 +28.24-10.87
56.48 +28.24-10.87
56.48 +28.24-10.87
--- ---
Planet-Star Distance over Star Radius --- 17.87±8.6 40.91±5.2 40.91±5.2 40.91±5.2 27±13 29±14
Limb Darkening Model --- Claret (2011 A&A 529 75) ATLAS LS Claret (2011 A&A 529 75) ATLAS LS Claret (2011 A&A 529 75) ATLAS LS Claret (2011 A&A 529 75) ATLAS LS Claret (2011 A&A 529 75) ATLAS LS Claret (2011 A&A 529 75) ATLAS LS
Limb Darkening Coeff. 4 --- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.0005 ---
Limb Darkening Coeff. 3 --- 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.2177 ---
Limb Darkening Coeff. 2 --- 0.2916 0.2889 0.2889 0.2889 0.5527000000000001 ---
Limb Darkening Coeff. 1 --- 0.3447 0.35000000000000003 0.35000000000000003 0.35000000000000003 0.3773 ---
Maximum Single Event Statistic --- 6.760816999999999 13.900504 --- --- --- ---
Maximum Multiple Event Statistic --- 29.285742 29.862689999999997 --- --- --- ---
Transit Signal-to-Noise --- 22.5 42.4 42.4 42.4 42.5 29.2
Number of Transits --- 75 75 --- --- --- ---
TCE Planet Number --- 1 1 1 1 --- ---
Quarters --- 11111111111111111000000000000000 11111111111111111000000000000000 --- --- --- ---
Odd-Even Depth Comparision Statistic --- 0.9266000000000001 --- --- --- --- ---
Transit Model --- Mandel and Agol (2002 ApJ 580 171) Mandel and Agol (2002 ApJ 580 171) Mandel and Agol (2002 ApJ 580 171) Mandel and Agol (2002 ApJ 580 171) Mandel and Agol (2002 ApJ 580 171) Mandel and Agol (2002 ApJ 580 171)
Link to DV Summary --- kplr009836149-001-20160209194854_dvs.pdf kplr009836149-001-20141002224145_dvs.pdf kplr009836149-001-20130826182306_dvs.pdf kplr009836149-001-20121115231752_dvs.pdf --- ---
Stellar Effective Temperature [K] ---
5964 +107-131
5964 +109-126
5964 +109-126
5964.00 +109.00-126.00
5969.00±103.00 5722
Stellar Surface Gravity [log10(cm/s**2)] ---
4.484 +0.04-0.12
4.484 +0.037-0.142
4.484 +0.037-0.142
4.484 +0.037-0.142
4.520±0.300 4.55
Stellar Metallicity [dex] --- -0.22±0.15 -0.220±0.140 -0.220±0.140 -0.220±0.140 --- ---
Stellar Radius [Solar radii] ---
0.933 +0.136-0.063
0.933 +0.169-0.058
0.933 +0.169-0.058
0.9330 +0.1690-0.0580
0.9200±0.2700 .87
Stellar Mass [Solar mass] ---
0.968 +0.055-0.076
0.968 +0.055-0.072
0.968 +0.055-0.072
0.9680 +0.0550-0.0720
1.0240±0.0540 ---
Stellar Parameter Provenance --- q1_q17_dr25_stellar stellar_q1_q16 stellar_q1_q16 stellar_q1_q16 Pinsonneault KIC
FW Offset Significance [percent] --- 0.008 0.062 0.188 0.003 --- ---
FW Source α(OOT) [hrs] --- 19.598762±0.0000084 19.5987679±0.0000083 19.5987657±0.0000081 19.598754000±0.000010000 --- ---
FW Source δ(OOT) [deg] --- 46.68765±0.000091 46.687676±0.000093 46.68772±0.000094 46.68772000±0.00012000 --- ---
FW Source Δα(OOT) [sec] --- -0.32±0.31 -0.1±0.31 -0.19±0.3 -0.06600±0.03600 --- ---
FW Source Δδ(OOT) [arcsec] --- -0.36±0.33 -0.27±0.34 -0.11±0.34 -0.01700±0.02800 --- ---
FW Δα(OOT) [sec] --- 0.00029±0.00027 0.00013±0.00027 0.00021±0.00028 6e-05±3.4e-05 --- ---
FW Δδ(OOT) [arcsec] --- 0.00042±0.00029 0.00035±0.0003 0.00022±0.00032 1.5e-05±2.7e-05 --- ---
PRF ΔαSQ(OOT) [arcsec] --- 0.07±0.13 -0.01±0.13 0.03±0.12 -0.0500±0.1200 --- ---
PRF ΔδSQ(OOT) [arcsec] --- -0.13±0.13 -0.18±0.14 -0.2±0.14 -0.1300±0.1300 --- ---
PRF ΔθSQ(OOT) [arcsec] --- 0.15±0.13 0.18±0.14 0.2±0.14 0.1400±0.1300 --- ---
PRF ΔαSQ(KIC) [arcsec] --- 0.06±0.12 -0.04±0.12 0.01±0.11 -0.0900±0.1100 --- ---
PRF ΔδSQ(KIC) [arcsec] --- -0.07±0.13 -0.14±0.14 -0.16±0.14 -0.0900±0.1300 --- ---
PRF ΔθSQ(KIC) [arcsec] --- 0.09±0.13 0.15±0.14 0.16±0.14 0.1200±0.1200 --- ---
Chi-Square --- --- --- --- --- 2.36 1.24
Stellar Age [Gyr] --- --- --- --- --- 0.4±2.6 ---
Known Objects
1 Confirmed Planets
1 Kepler Objects of Interest (KOIs)
1 Threshold Crossing Events (TCEs)
5 2MASS Point Source Catalog
Data Files
2 Kepler Time Series
1 SuperWASP Time Series
1 Associated Literature Data
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