Kepler-62b

Kepler-62b
Discovery
Discovered byBorucki et al.
Discovery siteKepler Space Observatory
Discovery date18 April 2013[1]
Transit (Kepler Mission)[1]
Orbital characteristics
0.0553 ± 0.0005[1] AU
Eccentricity~0[1]
5.714932 ± 0.000009[1] d
Inclination89.2 ± 0.4[1]
StarKepler-62 (KOI-701)
Physical characteristics
1.31 ± 0.04[1] R🜨
Mass<9[1] ME
TemperatureTeq: 750 K (477 °C; 890 °F)

Kepler-62b (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-701.02) is the innermost and the second smallest discovered exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-62, with a diameter roughly 30% larger than Earth. It 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. It is likely to have an equilibrium temperature slightly higher than the surface temperature of Venus (around 750 K (477 °C; 890 °F)), high enough to melt some types of metal.[1] Its stellar flux is 70 ± 9 times Earth's.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Borucki, William J.; et al. (18 April 2013). "Kepler-62: A Five-Planet System with Planets of 1.4 and 1.6 Earth Radii in the Habitable Zone". Science Express. 340 (6132): 587–90. arXiv:1304.7387. Bibcode:2013Sci...340..587B. doi:10.1126/science.1234702. hdl:1721.1/89668. PMID 23599262. S2CID 21029755.