Astronomy:Kepler-24d

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Kepler-24d
Discovery
Discovered byJason F. Rowe et al.[1]
Discovery date26 February 2014
Transit method
Orbital characteristics
0.051 AU (7.6 million km)[1]
Orbital period4.24437621(2426)[2] d
StarKepler-24
Physical characteristics
Mean radius0.149 ± 0.035[1] |♃|J}}}}}}


Kepler-24d is a transiting exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-24, located in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered by the Kepler telescope in February 2014. It orbits its parent star at only 0.051 astronomical units away, and at its distance it completes an orbit once every 4.244384 days.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Rowe, Jason F. (2014). "Validation of Kepler's Multiple Planet Candidates. III. Light Curve Analysis and Announcement of Hundreds of New Multi-planet Systems". The Astrophysical Journal 784 (1): 20. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/784/1/45. 45. Bibcode2014ApJ...784...45R. 
  2. Morton, Timothy D. et al. (2016). "False Positive Probabilities for All Kepler objects of Interest: 1284 Newly Validated Planets and 428 Likely False Positives". The Astrophysical Journal 822 (2): 86. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/822/2/86. Bibcode2016ApJ...822...86M.