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, Bibcode:2015ApJ...808..126V, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/808/2/126, S2CID 14405731
  2. ^ "Planet Kepler-23 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Kepler-23b". NASA Ames Research Center. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2014.

See also



Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-23b
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