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Kepler-23b

Coordinates: Sky map 19h 36m 39.01s, +49° 26′ 50.4″
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Kepler-23b
Discovery
Discovered byKepler team
Discovery date30 January 2012
Transit (Kepler Mission)
Orbital characteristics
0.075 AU (11,200,000 km)
7.106995 d[1]
StarKepler-23
Physical characteristics
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

  1. ^ 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, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/808/2/126, S2CID 14405731
  2. ^ "Planet Kepler-23 b". Exoplanet.eu. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Kepler-23b". NASA Ames Research Center. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

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