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Kepler-635

Kepler-635 is an F7V star with an extrasolar planetary system discovered by the Kepler space telescope. The star was first thought to be variable, but later determined to be static.

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Kepler-635
Observation data
Epoch J2000.0      Equinox ICRS
Constellation Lyra1
Right ascension 19h 19m 05.578s2
Declination +40° 48′ 02.59″2
Characteristics
Spectral type F7V3
Apparent magnitude (g) 13.2544
Apparent magnitude (r) 13.2382
Apparent magnitude (J) 12.2342
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−14.24 km/s
Proper motion (μ) RA: −3.216±0.0284 mas/yr
Dec.: −3.236±0.0264 mas/yr
Parallax (π)0.8973±0.0108 mas4
Distance3,630 ± 40 ly
(1,110 ± 10 pc)
Details
Radius1.515 R☉
Surface gravity (log g)4.3865 cgs
Temperature61745 K
Metallicity−0.1852
Other designations
KOI-649, KIC 5613330, 2MASS J19190557+4048026, Gaia DR2 2101380545634324096
Database references
SIMBADdata
KICdata

Kepler-635 (KOI-649, KIC 5613330) is an F7V star with an extrasolar planetary system discovered by the Kepler space telescope.5 The star was first thought to be variable, but later determined to be static.6

Planetary system

The Kepler-635 planetary system
Companion
(in order from star) 		Mass Semimajor axis
(AU) 		Orbital period
(days) 		Eccentricity Inclination
(°) 		Radius
b3 — — 23.4497±0.0001 — — 2.6 R🜨

The planetary system contains one confirmed planet and was first detected by the Kepler space telescope.6

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. "KIC10 Search". Multimission Archive at STScI. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. "Kepler-635". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  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 DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
  5. Morton, Timothy D.; Bryson, Stephen T.; Coughlin, Jeffrey L.; Rowe, Jason F.; Ravichandran, Ganesh; Petigura, Erik A.; Haas, Michael R.; Batalha, Natalie M. (10 May 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. S2CID 20832201.
  6. Sowicka, Paulina; Handler, Gerald; Dębski, Bartłomiej; Jones, David; Van de Sande, Marie; Pápics, Péter I. (June 2017). "Search for exoplanets around pulsating stars of A–F type in Kepler short-cadence data and the case of KIC 8197761". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 467 (4): 4663–4673. arXiv:1702.05158. doi:10.1093/mnras/stx413.