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Kepler-106

The planetary system Kepler-106 hosts at least 4 planets.

  System parameters
Primary system name Kepler-106
Alternative system names KOI-116, KIC 8395660
Right ascension 20 03 27.3499
Declination +44 20 15.1908
Distance [parsec] 454
Distance [lightyears] 1480
Number of stars in system 1
Number of planets in system 4

ArchitectureArchitecture of the system

This list shows all planetary and stellar components in the system. It gives a quick overview of the hierarchical architecture.

  •  Kepler-106, stellar object
    •  Kepler-106 c, planet
      •  Kepler-106 e, planet
        •  Kepler-106 b, planet
          •  Kepler-106 d, planet

          PlanetsPlanets in the system

          This table lists all planets in the system Kepler-106.

            Kepler-106 c Kepler-106 e Kepler-106 b Kepler-106 d
          Alternative planet names KOI-116.01, KOI-116 c, KIC 8395660 c, Gaia DR2 2082074942519913344 c KOI-116.02, KOI-116 e, KIC 8395660 e, Gaia DR2 2082074942519913344 e KOI-116.03, KOI-116 b, KIC 8395660 b, Gaia DR2 2082074942519913344 b KOI-116.04, KOI-116 d, KIC 8395660 d, Gaia DR2 2082074942519913344 d
          Description This planet has been discovered by the Kepler spacecraft. It was confirmed using a combination of high resolution imaging and spectroscopy and Doppler spectroscopy. This analysis pushes the false probability below 1 percent and puts contraints on the planet's size and mass.
          Lists Confirmed planets
          Mass [Mjup] 0.033±0.010 0.035±0.018 < 0.0167 < 0.0255
          Mass [Mearth] 10±3 11±6 < 5.2988 < 8.0983
          Radius [Rjup] 0.23±0.03 0.23±0.03 0.075±0.010 0.087±0.012
          Radius [Rearth] 2.6±0.3 2.6±0.3 0.84±0.11 0.97±0.13
          Orbital period [days] 13.57 43.8 6.16 24.0
          Semi-major axis [AU] N/A N/A N/A N/A
          Eccentricity N/A N/A N/A N/A
          Equilibrium temperature [K] N/A N/A N/A N/A
          Discovery method transit
          Discovery year 2014
          Last updated [yy/mm/dd] 14/02/24

          starStars in the system

          This table lists all stars in the system Kepler-106.

            Kepler-106
          Alternative star names KOI-116, KIC 8395660, 2MASS J20032735+4420151, Gaia DR2 2082074942519913344
          Mass [MSun] 1.00±0.06
          Radius [RSun] 1.04±0.17
          Age [Gyr] 4.83
          Metallicity [Fe/H] -0.12±0.11
          Temperature [K] 5858±114
          Spectral type N/A
          Visual magnitude 12.98

          Planet sizes

          The following plot shows the approximate sizes of the planets in this system The Solar System planets are shown as a comparison. Note that unless the radius has been determined through a transit observation, this is only an approximation (see Lissauer et al. 2011b).

          PlutoMercuryMarsVenusEarthNeptuneUranusSaturnJupiterKepler-106 cKepler-106 eKepler-106 bKepler-106 d

          Habitable zone

          The following plot shows the approximate location of the planets in this system with respect to the habitable zone (green) and the size of the star (red). This is only an estimate, using the star's spectral type and mass. Note that if no green band is shown in the plot, then the planet's orbit is far outside the habitable zone. The equations of Selsis, Kasting et al are used to draw the inner and outer boundaries.

          Kepler-106 cKepler-106 eKepler-106 bKepler-106 d

          referencesScientific references and contributors

          Links to scientific papers and other data sources

          history http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/
          history http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad
          history http://arxiv.org/abs/1401.4195

          This table lists all links which are relevant to this particular system. Note that this is just a summary. More references to the scientific publications and comments can be found in the commit messages. To see these, head over the github or click here to directly go to the git blame output of this system. In the left column of the output you can see the commit message corresponding to each parameter. It also lists the date of the last commit and the person making the changes. Within the commit message, you will find a link to the scientific publication where the data is taken from. Note that this is a new feature and not all system parameters might have a reference associated with it yet. Please help making this catalogue better and contribute data or references!

          Open Exoplanet Catalogue contributors

          Contributor E-mail Number of commits
          Andrew Tribick ajtribick(at)googlemail.com 2
          Hanno Rein hanno(at)hanno-rein.de 5
          Ryan Varley ryanjvarley(at)gmail.com 2

          This table lists all people who have contributed to the Open Exoplanet Catalogue. Please consider contributing! Click here to find out how. You can also view all commits contributing to this file on github.

          xmlData download

          You can download the xml file corresponding to this planetary system, which is part of the Open Exoplanet Catalogue. All information on this page has been directly generated from this XML file. You can also download the entire catalogue over at github. If you prefer to download the dataset as an ASCII tables, you might find the oec_tables repository useful.

          correctionsCorrections

          If you spot an error or if you can contribute additional data to this entry, please send an e-mail to exoplanet@hanno-rein.de. Please include the corrected xml file and a reference to where the new data is coming from, ideally a scientific paper. If you are fluent with git and github, you can also create a pull request or open an issue on the Open Exoplanet Catalogue repository. Please include the reference to the relevant scientific paper in your commit message.