Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Michael Endl et al. |
Discovery date | 13 July 2011 |
Detection method | Transit method |
Orbital characteristics | |
Semi-major axis | 0.05714 AU (8,548,000 km) |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 4.942782 d |
Inclination | 87.44 |
Star | Kepler-15 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 0.96 RJ |
Mass | 0.66 MJ |
Mean density | 0.93 g/cm (0.034 lb/cu in) |
Kepler-15b is a planet discovered by the Kepler spacecraft. It is a hot Jupiter, with a mass of 0.66
−0.09 MJ, a radius 0.96
−0.07 RJ and a period of about 4.94 days.
See also
- Kepler-15 - the host star
References
- ^ Endl, Michael; et al. (2011). "Kepler-15b: A Hot Jupiter Enriched in Heavy Elements and the First Kepler Mission Planet Confirmed with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 197 (1). 13. Bibcode:2011ApJS..197...13E. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/197/1/13. hdl:2152/42925. S2CID 16426750.
- "Kepler-15 b - Visual Exoplanet Catalogue". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-09-16.
- "Overview". Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
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