Finding Earth 2.0
Kepler-6

Kepler-6 b

Rank #5240 of the ranked catalogue · Discovered by Transit in 2009

HZ 0%measured

0.063

Earth-2.0 index

0.074

Earth Similarity Index

0%

Habitable-zone probability

14.62 R⊕

Radius

Planet

Mass212.310 M⊕measured
Bulk density0.400 g/cm³
Orbital period3.2347 days
Semi-major axis0.04852 au
Eccentricity0.000
Incident flux792.218 S⊕
Equilibrium temperature1348.6 K
Transit-time σ at 20301.3 minLinear propagation of published epoch and period errors; not a ranking input.
Maximum angular separation0.08 masReflected-light contrast 1.58e-5 at Aᵍ = 0.30 and Lambertian quadrature.
Composite parameter sources6 · mixedThe archive may select different publications for different parameters; mixed-source is disclosed, not automatically penalised.
Default-solution coverage83%0% median composite-to-default difference over shared parameters.

Host star & system

HostKepler-6
Spectral typeG
Effective temperature5647 K
Radius1.391 R☉
Mass1.209 M☉
Distance587.0 pc / 1914.7 ly
DiscoveryTransit, 2009