| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Kepler team |
| Discovery date | 30 January 2012 |
| Transit (Kepler Mission) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.075 AU (11,200,000 km) | |
| 7.106995 d1 | |
| Star | Kepler-23 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.9 R🜨 | |
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
References
- 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
- "Planet Kepler-23 b". Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- "Kepler-23b". NASA Ames Research Center. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2014.