Kepler-453b

Kepler-453b
Exoplanet List of exoplanets
Size comparison
Jupiter Kepler-453b
Parent star
Star Kepler-453
Right ascension (α) 18h52m57.91s [1]
Declination (δ) +46d22m42.5s[1]
Mass (m) 0.944±0.010[1] M☉
Radius (r) 0.833±0.011[1] R☉
Temperature (T) 5527±100[1] K
Metallicity [Fe/H] 0.090±0.100[1]
Age <2.49±0.38[1] Gyr
Physical characteristics
Mass(m)0.1±16[1] M⊕
Radius(r)6.204±0.039[1] R⊕
Density(ρ)null[2] g cm−3
Orbital elements
Semi-major axis(a) 0.7903±0.0028[1] AU
Eccentricity (e) 0.0359±0.0088[1]
Orbital period(P) 240.503±0.053[1] d
Inclination (i) 89.4429±0.0091 [1]°
Discovery information
Discovery date 2015
Discoverer(s)
Discovery method Transit
Discovery site Kepler Space Observatory
Discovery status Confirmed

Kepler-453b is a circumbinary exoplanet in the Binary-star system Kepler-453. It orbits the binary in the Habitable zone every 240.5 days. It is also may have a relatively low density. This is due to its mass being likely less than 32 Earth Masses.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Kepler-453 b CONFIRMED PLANET OVERVIEW PAGE". NASA Exoplanet Archive. Retrieved 2015-10-08.
  2. ↑ http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog/calculators
Preceded by
Kepler-51c		 Least dense exoplanet
2015 —present 		Succeeded by
none


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