 Artist's impression of Kepler-68 c and size comparison with Earth | |
| Discovery1 | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | Gilliland et al. |
| Discovery site | Kepler Space Observatory |
| Discovery date | 2013 |
| Transits, and transit-timing variations | |
| Designations | |
| KOI-246.012 | |
| Orbital characteristics31 | |
| 0.09059±0.00082 AU | |
| 9.605085±0.000072 d | |
| Inclination | 86.93±0.41 º |
| Semi-amplitude | 0.59+0.50 −0.52 m/s |
| Star | Kepler-68 |
| Physical characteristics3 | |
| 0.953+0.037 −0.042 R🜨 | |
| Mass | 2.02+1.72 −1.78 M🜨 |
Kepler-68c is an Earth-sized planet orbiting the star Kepler-68 in the constellation of Cygnus. It was discovered by planetary-transit methods by the Kepler space telescope in February 2013. It has a mass of 4.8+2.5
−3.6 times that of Earth (0.015 MJ)1 and a radius of 0.953+0.037
−0.042 Earth radii. It has an orbital period of 9.605085 days at a distance of about 0.09059 AU from its star. Relatively wide constraints on Kepler-68c's mass are the result lack of detection of the planet through radial-velocity and transit-timing-variation methods.4
References
References
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- "Kepler-68b". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- Mills, Sean M.; et al. (2019). "Long-period Giant Companions to Three Compact, Multiplanet Systems". The Astronomical Journal. 157 (4). 145. arXiv:1903.07186. Bibcode:2019AJ....157..145M. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab0899. S2CID 119197547.
- Nasa. "Kepler Discoveries". Nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 27 May 2010. Retrieved 28 February 2013.