Exoplanet

Kepler-66 b

Orbiting Kepler-66

Overview

Kepler-66 b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-66, discovered in 2013 using the Transit method. It is a Mini-Neptune world.

Key Measurements

Radius

2.80

Earth radii

015 R⊕

Mass (est.)

8.78

Earth masses

0500 M⊕

Orbital Period

17.8

days

0.1d10,000d

Distance

1203.0

parsecs

Nearby10,000 pc

Radius (Earth radii)

2.80

Mass (Earth masses)

8.78

Estimated

Equilibrium Temperature

Unknown

Parameter source: Meibom et al. 2013

Orbital Period

17.816+0.000−0.000days

Semi-Major Axis

0.1352+0.0017−0.0017au

Distance from Earth

1203.0 pc (~3924 ly)

Spectral Type

G0 V

Temperature

5962 K

Mass (Solar)

1.04 M☉

Radius (Solar)

0.97 R☉

Luminosity

Unknown

Planets in System

1

Stars in System

1

Coordinates (RA, Dec)

293.9815°, 46.6877°

Discovery Method

Transit

Discovery Year

2013

Data Sources
NASA Exoplanet Archive

Source ID: Kepler-66 b

System Context

Kepler-66 b orbits Kepler-66 and was reported in 2013 and was detected with the Transit method.

Published measurements list a radius of 2.8 Earth radii, a mass of 8.78 Earth masses (estimated), and an orbital period of 17.82 days.

Catalog data places the system at about 1,203 parsecs from Earth, a host star classified as G0 V, and 1 known planet in the system.

Host star

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