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Kepler-102

Kepler-102 is a star 353 light-years away in the constellation of Lyra. Kepler-102 is less luminous than the Sun. The star system does not contain any observable amount of dust. Kepler-102 is suspected to be orbited by a binary consisting of two red dwarf stars, at projected separations of 591 and 627 AU.

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Kepler-102
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Lyra1
Right ascension 18h 45m 55.85599s2
Declination +47° 12′ 28.8453″2
Apparent magnitude (V) 12.073
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence2
Spectral type K3V3
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−28.51±0.372 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −41.044 mas/yr2
Dec.: −43.267 mas/yr2
Parallax (π)9.2517±0.0102 mas2
Distance352.5 ± 0.4 ly
(108.1 ± 0.1 pc)
Details
Mass0.803±0.0214 M
Radius0.724±0.0184 R
Temperature4909±984 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.11±0.044 dex
Rotation26.572±0.153 d5
Age1.1+3.6
−0.5
4 Gyr
Other designations
KOI-82, KIC 10187017, TYC 3544-1383-1, 2MASS J18455585+4712289, Gaia DR2 2119583201145735808
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata

Kepler-102 is a star 353 light-years (108 parsecs) away in the constellation of Lyra. Kepler-102 is less luminous than the Sun.6 The star system does not contain any observable amount of dust.7 Kepler-102 is suspected to be orbited by a binary consisting of two red dwarf stars, at projected separations of 591 and 627 AU.8

Planetary system

In January 2014, a system of five planets around the star was announced, three of them being smaller than Earth. While 3 of the transit signals were discovered during the first year of the Kepler mission, their small size made them hard to confirm as possibilities of these being false positives were needed to be removed. Later, two other signals were detected. Follow-up radial velocity data helped to determine the mass of the two largest planets (Kepler-102d and Kepler-102e).9

By 2017, the search for additional planets utilizing the transit-timing variation method had yielded zero results,10 although the presence of planets with semimajor axis beyond 10 AU cannot be excluded.11

The Kepler-102 planetary system4
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination
(°)
Radius
b <1.1 M🜨 0.05521±0.00049 5.286965(12) <0.100 89.78±0.22 0.460±0.026 R🜨
c <1.7 M🜨 0.06702±0.00059 7.071392(22) <0.094 89.82±0.15 0.567±0.028 R🜨
d 3.0±1.3 M🜨 0.08618±0.00076 10.3117670(41) <0.092 89.49±0.11 1.154±0.058 R🜨
e 4.7±1.8 M🜨 0.1162±0.0010 16.1456994(22) <0.089 89.488±0.051 2.17±0.11 R🜨
f <4.3 M🜨 0.1656±0.0015 27.453592(60) <0.10 89.320±0.037 0.861±0.022 R🜨
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 99 (617): 695. Bibcode:1987PASP...99..695R. doi:10.1086/132034. Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. "KOI-82". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  4. Bonomo, A. S.; Dumusque, X.; et al. (April 2023). "Cold Jupiters and improved masses in 38 Kepler and K2 small-planet systems from 3661 high-precision HARPS-N radial velocities. No excess of cold Jupiters in small-planet systems". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 677. arXiv:2304.05773. Bibcode:2023A&A...677A..33B. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202346211. S2CID 258078829.
  5. McQuillan, A.; Mazeh, T.; Aigrain, S. (2013). "Stellar Rotation Periods of The Kepler objects of Interest: A Dearth of Close-In Planets Around Fast Rotators". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 775 (1). L11. arXiv:1308.1845. Bibcode:2013ApJ...775L..11M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/775/1/L11. S2CID 118557681.
  6. "Kepler-102". NASA Exoplanet Archive. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  7. Dusty phenomena in the vicinity of giant exoplanets
  8. Kraus, Adam L.; Ireland, Michael J.; Huber, Daniel; Mann, Andrew W.; Dupuy, Trent J. (2016), "The Impact of Stellar Multiplicity on Planetary Systems. I. The Ruinous Influence of Close Binary Companions", The Astronomical Journal, 152 (1): 8, arXiv:1604.05744, Bibcode:2016AJ....152....8K, doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/1/8, S2CID 119110229
  9. Masses, radii, and orbits of small Kepler planets: the transition from gaseous to rocky planets Archived 2014-01-08 at the Wayback Machine accessdate=8 January 2014
  10. Schmitt, Joseph R.; Jenkins, Jon M.; Fischer, Debra A. (2017), "A SEARCH FOR LOST PLANETS IN THE KEPLER MULTI-PLANET SYSTEMS AND THE DISCOVERY OF THE LONG-PERIOD, NEPTUNE-SIZED EXOPLANET KEPLER-150 f", The Astronomical Journal, 153 (4): 180, arXiv:1703.09229, Bibcode:2017AJ....153..180S, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa62ad, PMC 5783551, PMID 29375142
  11. Becker, Juliette C.; Adams, Fred C. (2017), "Effects of Unseen Additional Planetary Perturbers on Compact Extrasolar Planetary Systems", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468 (1): 549–563, arXiv:1702.07714, Bibcode:2017MNRAS.468..549B, doi:10.1093/mnras/stx461, S2CID 119325005