Kepler-431 c

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Description: The list of exoplanets detected by the Kepler space telescope contains bodies with a wide variety of properties, with significant ranges in orbital distances, masses, radii, composition, habitability, and host star type. As of June 16 2023, the Kepler space telescope and its follow-up observations have detected 2,778 planets, including hot Jupiters, super-Earths, circumbinary planets, and planets located in the circumstellar habitable zones of their host stars. Kepler has detected over 3,601 unconfirmed planet candidates and 2,165 eclipsing binary stars.

Physical Properties

Mass (Jupiter mass): Unknown

Radius (Jupiter radius): 0.06 RJ

Density: 4.22 g/cm³

Equilibrium Temperature: 951.0 K

Orbital Parameters

Orbital Period: 8.703 days

Semi-major Axis: 0.0847 AU

Eccentricity: Unknown

Inclination: 82.35°

Host Star Properties

Host Star: Kepler-431

Spectral Type: Unknown

Temperature: 6004.0 K

Stellar Mass: 1.07 M

Stellar Radius: 1.09 R

Discovery Information

Planet Letter: c

Object ID: 3.3726

Host ID: 2.50807

Discovery Date: 2015-02

Discovery Year: 2015

Discovery Method: Transit

Discovery Locale: Space

Discovery Facility: Kepler

Discovery Instrument: Kepler CCD Array

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