Astronomy:Kepler-23b
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| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Kepler team |
| Discovery date | 30 January 2012 |
| Transit (Kepler Mission) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.075 AU (11,200,000 km) | |
| Orbital period | 7.106995 d[1] |
| Star | Kepler-23 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mean radius | 1.9 R⊕ |
Kepler-23b is an exoplanet orbiting Kepler-23, located in the Cygnus constellation. The exoplanet was discovered with the Kepler space telescope in January 2012.[2]
The planet is bigger than Earth, and its orbit is very close to its parent star.[3] Orbital periods are 7.1 days and it presents a semi-major axis 0.099 AU.[3]
References
- ↑ Van Eylen, Vincent; Albrecht, Simon (2015), "Eccentricity from Transit Photometry: Small Planets in Kepler Multi-Planet Systems Have Low Eccentricities", The Astrophysical Journal 808 (2): 126, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/808/2/126, Bibcode: 2015ApJ...808..126V
- ↑ "Planet Kepler-23 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/kepler_23_b--1071/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kepler-23b". NASA Ames Research Center. http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/kepler23b/.
See also
- List of planets discovered by the Kepler spacecraft
Coordinates: 
19h 36m 39.01s, +49° 26′ 50.4″
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