Q19588445
Sign in to saveKepler-432b (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-1299.01) is a hot super-Jupiter (or "warm" super-Jupiter) exoplanet orbiting the giant star Kepler-432 A, the innermost of two such planets discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. It is located about 2,830 light-years (870 parsecs, or nearly km) from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. The exoplanet was found by using the transit method in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Pl
- Distance
- 2,785 light-years
- Coordinates
- RA 293.2822° · Dec 48.2859°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Mass, radius and temperature
- Host star
- Orbit
- Stellar interactions and remaining lifetime
- Discovery
- See also
- References
- External links
Kepler-432b (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-1299.01) is a hot super-Jupiter (or "warm" super-Jupiter) exoplanet orbiting the giant star Kepler-432 A, the innermost of two such planets discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. It is located about 2,830 light-years (870 parsecs, or nearly km) from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. The exoplanet was found by using the transit method in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured.
==Characteristics==
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