Kepler-59b
| Exoplanet | List of exoplanets | |
|---|---|---|
| Parent star | ||
| Star | Kepler-59 | |
| Constellation | Lyra | |
| Right ascension | (α) | 19h 08m 09.4789s[1] |
| Declination | (δ) | +46° 38′ 24.441″[1] |
| Apparent magnitude | (mV) | 14.8[2] |
| Distance | 3930±80[1] ly (1200±20[1] pc) | |
| Mass | (m) | 1.12+0.08 −0.11[3] M☉ |
| Radius | (r) | 1.17+0.14 −0.35[3] R☉ |
| Temperature | (T) | 6085+102 −85[3] K |
| Metallicity | [Fe/H] | 0.02+0.14 −0.17[3] |
| Age | 3.3 Gyr[3] Gyr | |
| Orbital elements | ||
| Orbital period | (P) | 11.8681707 ± 0.00036[4] d |
| Time of transit | (Tt) | 2454970.74767 ± 0.011[4] JD |
| Physical characteristics | ||
| Mass | (m) | <2.05[4] MJ |
| Radius | (r) | 1.1[4] R⊕ |
| Discovery information | ||
| Discovery date | 16 August 2012 | |
| Discoverer(s) | Jason H. Steffen 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-59b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-59, located in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered by the Kepler telescope in August 2012. It completes an orbit around its parent star once every 11.9 days.[4] It has a radius that is 1.1 times that of the Earth.[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-59 b". The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Morton, Timothy D.; et al. (2016). "False Positive Probabilities for Allkeplerobjects 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 4 5 6 7 Steffen, J. H.; et al. (2012). "Transit timing observations from Kepler - VII. Confirmation of 27 planets in 13 multiplanet systems via transit timing variations and orbital stability". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 428 (2): 1077. arXiv:1208.3499. Bibcode:2013MNRAS.428.1077S. doi:10.1093/mnras/sts090.
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