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Kepler Discoveries
Kepler's first discoveries announced!
...at the American Astronomical Society in "Washington DC, 2010 January 4.
Click on Planet Name to see light curves, finding charts, and get more information about the planet.
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Planetary Characteristics |
Planetary Orbit |
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Stellar Characteristics |
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| Name |
Mass |
Radius |
Density |
Temperature |
Period |
Semi-
Major axis |
Eccentricity |
Inclination |
Distance |
Effective Temperature |
Stellar Mass |
Stellar Radius |
Metallicity |
Right Ascension |
Declination |
V |
Kp |
Last
Updated |
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Jupiter
masses |
Earth
masses |
Jupiter
radii |
Earth
radii |
grams/cc |
Kelvin |
days |
AU |
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degrees |
parsecs |
Kelvin |
Solar masses |
Solar radii |
[Fe/H] |
hh mm ss
J2000 |
deg mm ss
J2000 |
Mag |
Mag |
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The first 3 planets listed were discovered by Kepler team members using ground-based observations.
They are listed to allow for inclusion of improved planetary and stellar properties from the Kepler data. |
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TrES-2
Kepler 1b |
1.199 |
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1.272 |
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2.470614 |
0.03556 |
0 |
83.62 |
220 |
5850 |
0.98 |
1 |
-0.15 |
19 07 14 |
+49 18 59 |
11.41 |
11.3 |
2010/01/04 |
HAT-P-7 b
Kepler 2b |
1.8 |
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1.421 |
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3160 |
2.2047298 |
0.0379 |
0 |
84.1 |
320 |
6350 |
1.520 |
1.991 |
+0.26 |
19 28 59 |
+47 58 10 |
10.5 |
10.5 |
2010/01/17 |
HAT-P-11 b
Kepler 3b |
0.081 |
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0.452 |
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4.887804 |
0.053 |
0.198 |
88.5 |
38 |
4780 |
0.81 |
0.75 |
+0.31 |
19 50 50 |
+48 04 51 |
9.59 |
9.2 |
2010/01/04 |
| Kepler discoveries: |
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| Kepler 4b |
0.077 |
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0.357 |
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1.91 |
1650 |
3.2135 |
0.04558 |
(0) |
89.76 |
550 |
5857 |
1.223 |
1.487 |
+0.17 |
19 02 28 |
+50 08 09 |
12.6 |
12.2 |
2010/01/17 |
| Kepler 5b |
2.114 |
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1.431 |
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0.894 |
1868 |
3.5485 |
0.05064 |
(0) |
86.3 |
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6297 |
1.374 |
1.793 |
+0.04 |
19 57 38 |
+44 02 06 |
13.9 |
13.4 |
2010/01/17 |
| Kepler 6b |
0.669 |
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1.323 |
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0.352 |
1500 |
3.2347 |
0.04567 |
(0) |
86.8 |
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5647 |
1.209 |
1.391 |
+0.34 |
19 47 21 |
+48 14 24 |
13.8 |
13.3 |
2010/01/17 |
| Kepler 7b |
0.433 |
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1.478 |
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0.166 |
1540 |
4.8855 |
0.06224 |
(0) |
86.5 |
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5933 |
1.347 |
1.843 |
+0.11 |
19 14 20 |
+41 05 23 |
13.3 |
12.9 |
2010/01/17 |
| Kepler 8b |
0.603 |
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1.419 |
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0.261 |
1764 |
3.5225 |
0.0483 |
(0) |
84.07 |
1330 |
6213 |
1.213 |
1.486 |
-0.055 |
18 45 09 |
+42 27 04 |
13.9 |
13.6 |
2010/01/17 |
| Earth and Jupiter for comparison: |
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Sun for comparison: |
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| Earth |
0.00314 |
1.000 |
0.089 |
1.000 |
5.515 |
255 |
365.25 |
1.000 |
0.016 |
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5860 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
0.00 |
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| Jupiter |
1.000 |
317.82 |
1.00 |
11.21 |
1.33 |
124 |
4330.60 |
5.204 |
0.0484 |
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5860 |
1.000 |
1.000 |
0.00 |
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See Papers on Kepler Discoveries. See also: Light Curves of stars observed by Kepler (not planet candidates).
See Illustrations for Kepler Discoveries
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