Kepler-24b
| Exoplanet | List of exoplanets | |
|---|---|---|
| Parent star | ||
| Star | Kepler-24 | |
| Constellation | Lyra | |
| Right ascension | (α) | 19h 21m 39.1858s[1] |
| Declination | (δ) | +38° 20′ 37.450″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude | (mV) | 15.5[2] |
| Distance | 3900±100[1] ly (1200±30[1] pc) | |
| Mass | (m) | 0.98 ± 0.06[3] M☉ |
| Radius | (r) | 1.11+0.13 −0.14[3] R☉ |
| Temperature | (T) | 5952 ± 94[3] K |
| Metallicity | [Fe/H] | −0.19+0.12 −0.11[3] |
| Age | 6.2 Gyr[3] Gyr | |
| Orbital elements | ||
| Semi-major axis | (a) | 0.080[4] AU |
| Orbital period | (P) | 8.14511872(4028)[3] d |
| Physical characteristics | ||
| Mass | (m) | 33.3+10.8 −8.1[5] M⊕ |
| Radius | (r) | 2.02+0.75 −0.30[5] R⊕ |
| Discovery information | ||
| Discovery date | 25 January 2012 | |
| Discoverer(s) | Eric B. Ford et al.[4] | |
| Discovery method | Transit method | |
| Other detection methods | Transit-timing variation | |
| Discovery status | Confirmed | |
| Database references | ||
| Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia | data | |
| SIMBAD | data | |
| Exoplanet Archive | data | |
| Open Exoplanet Catalogue | data | |
Kepler-24b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-24, located in the constellation Cygnus. It was discovered by the Kepler telescope in January 2012. It orbits its parent star at only 0.080 astronomical units away, and at its distance it completes an orbit once every 8.145 days.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia Data Release 2 Vizier catalog entry
- ↑ "Kepler-24 b". The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. arXiv:1605.02825. Bibcode:2016ApJ...822...86M. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/822/2/86.
- 1 2 3 Ford, Eric B.; et al. (2012). "Transit Timing Observations Fromkepler. Ii. Confirmation of Two Multiplanet Systems Via a Non-Parametric Correlation Analysis". The Astrophysical Journal. 750 (2): 113. arXiv:1201.5409. Bibcode:2012ApJ...750..113F. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/750/2/113.
- 1 2 Hadden, Sam; Lithwick, Yoram (2014). "Densities and Eccentricities of 139Keplerplanets from Transit Time Variations". The Astrophysical Journal. 787: 80. arXiv:1310.7942. Bibcode:2014ApJ...787...80H. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/787/1/80.
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