Kepler-1638b

Kepler-1638 b
Exoplanet List of exoplanets
Parent star
Star Kepler-1638
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension (α) 19h 41m 55.78s
Declination (δ) +48° 31′ 28.0″
Distance2867+488.5
−250.4 ly
(879+149.8
−76.8 pc)
Mass (m) 0.970+0.049
−0.059 M☉
Radius (r) 0.950+0.166
−0.079 R☉
Temperature (T) 5710.0+96.7
−111.4 K
Metallicity [Fe/H] −0.010+0.141
−0.188
Age 4.37+4.19
−2.59 Gyr
Orbital elements
Orbital period(P) 259.337±0.013 d
Physical characteristics
Radius(r)1.87+0.33
−0.22 R⊕
Discovery information
Discovery date 2016
Discoverer(s) Ames Research Center
Discovery method Transit
Discovery status Published
Other designations
KOI-5856.01, KOI-5856 b, KIC 11037818 b, 2MASS J19415577+4831280 b, WISE J194155.75+483128.2 b
Database references
Extrasolar Planets
Encyclopaedia		data
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
Open Exoplanet Cataloguedata

Kepler-1638 b is an exoplanet in orbit of its star, Kepler-1638, located in the constellation Cygnus. The planet is a super-Earth, with a radius of 1.87+0.33
−0.22 R⊕, and an orbit of 259.337±0.013 days in its system's habitable zone.[1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Kepler-1638 b". NASA Exoplanet Science Institute. 10 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  2. ↑ Morton, Timothy D.; Bryson, Stephen T.; Coughlin, Jeffrey L.; Rowe, Jason F.; Ravichandran, Ganesh; et al. (May 2016). "False Positive Probabilities for all Kepler Objects of Interest: 1284 Newly Validated Planets and 428 Likely False Positives". The Astrophysical Journal. 822 (2). arXiv:1605.02825Freely accessible. Bibcode:2016ApJ...822...86M. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/822/2/86.
  3. ↑ Burgess, Matt (11 May 2016). "Nasa's Kepler telescope just found 1,284 exoplanets". Wired. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
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