Astronomy:Kepler-24e

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Kepler-24e
Discovery
Discovered byJason F. Rowe et al.[1]
Discovery date26 February 2014
Transit method
Orbital characteristics
0.138 AU (20.6 million km)[1]
Orbital period18.99850923(9537)[2] d
StarKepler-24
Physical characteristics
Mean radius0.248 ± 0.057[1] |♃|J}}}}}}


Kepler-24e 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 0.138 astronomical units away, and at its distance it completes an orbit once every 19 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.