Kepler-62 e
Sign in to saveKepler-62e (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-701.03) is a super-Earth exoplanet (extrasolar planet) discovered orbiting within the habitable zone of Kepler-62, the second outermost of five such planets discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. Kepler-62e is located about from Earth in the constellation of Lyra. The exoplanet was found using the transit method, in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured. Kepler-62e may be a terrestrial or ocean-covered planet; it lies in the inner part of its host star's habitable zon
Key facts
- Planet.name
- Kepler-62e
- Planet.image
- This artist's concept depicts Kepler-62e, a super-Earth-size planet in the habitable zone.jpg
- Planet.caption
- Artist's conception of an Earth-size planet orbiting within the habitable zone of its parent star.
- Planet.discoverer
- Borucki et al.
- Planet.discovery_site
- Kepler Space Observatory
- Planet.discovered
- 18 April 2013
- Planet.discovery_method
- Transit (Kepler Mission)
- Planet.apsis
- astron
- Planet.semimajor
- 0.427 ± 0.004 AU
- Planet.eccentricity
- ~0
- Planet.period
- 122.3874 ± 0.0008 d
- Planet.inclination
- 89.98 ± 0.032
- Planet.star
- Kepler-62 (KOI-701)
- Planet.mean_radius
- 1.61 ± 0.05
- Planet.single_temperature
- Teq:
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Physical characteristics
- Mass, radius and temperature
- Host star
- Orbit
- Habitability
- Discovery and cultural impact
- See also
- References
- External links
Kepler-62e (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-701.03) is a super-Earth exoplanet (extrasolar planet) discovered orbiting within the habitable zone of Kepler-62, the second outermost of five such planets discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. Kepler-62e is located about from Earth in the constellation of Lyra. The exoplanet was found using the transit method, in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured. Kepler-62e may be a terrestrial or ocean-covered planet; it lies in the inner part of its host star's habitable zone.
Kepler-62e orbits its host star every 122 days and is roughly 60 percent larger (in diameter) than Earth.
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