| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Kepler team |
| Discovery date | 30 January 2012 |
| Transit ( Kepler Mission) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.075 AU (11,200,000 km) | |
| 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, arXiv: 1505.02814, Bibcode: 2015ApJ...808..126V, doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/808/2/126, S2CID 14405731
- ^ "Planet Kepler-23 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Kepler-23b". NASA Ames Research Center. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
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