Kepler-24b

Kepler-24b
Discovery
Discovered byEric B. Ford et al.[1]
Discovery date25 January 2012
Transit method
Orbital characteristics
0.080 AU (12.0 million km)[1]
8.14511872(4028)[2] d
StarKepler-24
Physical characteristics
2.02+0.75
−0.30[3] R🜨
Mass33.3+10.8
−8.1[3] ME
Relative sizes of Earth, Kepler-24b and Jupiter

Kepler-24b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-24, located in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered by the Kepler telescope in January 2012. It orbits its parent star at only 0.08 astronomical units away, and at its distance it completes an orbit once every 8.145 days.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Ford, Eric B.; et al. (2012). "Transit Timing Observations Fromkepler. Ii. Confirmation of Two Multiplanet Systems Via a Non-Parametric Correlation Analysis". The Astrophysical Journal. 750 (2): 113. arXiv:1201.5409. Bibcode:2012ApJ...750..113F. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/750/2/113. S2CID 4528963.
  2. ^ Morton, Timothy D.; et al. (2016). "False Positive Probabilities for All Kepler objects 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.
  3. ^ a b Hadden, Sam; Lithwick, Yoram (2014). "Densities and Eccentricities of 139Keplerplanets from Transit Time Variations". The Astrophysical Journal. 787 (1): 80. arXiv:1310.7942. Bibcode:2014ApJ...787...80H. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/787/1/80. S2CID 119097836.


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