Kepler-4 b
Sign in to saveKepler-4b, initially known as KOI 7.01, is an extrasolar planet first detected as a transit by the Kepler spacecraft. Its radius and mass are similar to that of Neptune; however, due to its proximity to its host star, it is substantially hotter than any planet in the Solar System. The planet's discovery was announced on January 4, 2010, in Washington, D.C., along with four other planets that were initially detected by the Kepler spacecraft and subsequently confirmed by telescopes at the W.M. Keck Observatory.
Key facts
- Planet.name
- Kepler-4b
- Planet.image
- Exoplanet Comparison Kepler-4 b.png
- Planet.caption
- Size comparison of Neptune (left) with Kepler-4b (right).
- Planet.discovered
- 2010-01-04
- Planet.discovery_method
- Transit (Kepler Mission)
- Planet.apsis
- astron
- Planet.eccentricity
- 0.25 ± 0.12
- Planet.period
- 3.2135 d
- Planet.inclination
- 89.76
- Planet.star
- Kepler-4
- Planet.mean_radius
- 0.357
- Planet.mass
- 0.077
- Planet.single_temperature
- 1650 k
via Wikipedia infobox
Exoplanet data
- Host star
- Kepler-4
- Discovered
- 2009
- Discovered by
- Kepler
- Orbital period
- 3.21 days
- Radius
- 4.00 × Earth
- Mass
- 24.47 × Earth
- Equilibrium temp
- 1650 K
- Distance
- 487.92 pc
via NASA Exoplanet Archive
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Nomenclature and history
- Host star
- Characteristics
- See also
- References
- External links
Kepler-4b, initially known as KOI 7.01, is an extrasolar planet first detected as a transit by the Kepler spacecraft. Its radius and mass are similar to that of Neptune; however, due to its proximity to its host star, it is substantially hotter than any planet in the Solar System. The planet's discovery was announced on January 4, 2010, in Washington, D.C., along with four other planets that were initially detected by the Kepler spacecraft and subsequently confirmed by telescopes at the W.M. Keck Observatory.
==Nomenclature and history== Kepler-4b was named because it was the first planet discovered in the orbit of its star, Kepler-4. The star was, in turn, named for the Kepler Mission, a NASA satellite whose purpose is to discover Earth-like planets in a section of the sky between constellations Cygnus and Lyra using the transit method. Using this method, Kepler notes small and steady decreases in a star's brightness that are measured as a planet crosses in front of it. Initially, Kepler-4b was detected as a transit event by the Kepler telescope and considered a Kepler Object of Interest with the designation KOI 7.01.