Kepler-1652b

Kepler-1652b
Discovery
Discovered byKepler spacecraft
Torres et al.
Discovery date3 November 2017 (confirmed)
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.1654 +0.0042
−0.0075 AU
Eccentricity~0
38.09722 (± 0.00021) d
Inclination89.9927 +0.0042
−0.1432
StarKepler-1652 (KOI-2626)
Physical characteristics
1.60 (± 0.18) R🜨
Temperature268 K (−5 °C; 23 °F)

Kepler-1652b (also known by its Kepler Objects of Interest designation KOI-2626.01) is a super-Earth exoplanet, orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf Kepler-1652 about 822 light-years away in the Cygnus constellation. Discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft, Kepler-1652b was first announced as a candidate in 2013, but wasn't validated until four years later in 2017. It is a potential super-Earth with 160% Earth's radius. The planet orbits well within the habitable zone of its system, the region where liquid water can exist on a planet's surface.[1] The planet is an eyeball planet candidate.[2]

  1. ^ Torres, Guillermo; Kane, Stephen R.; Rowe, Jason F.; Batalha, Natalie M.; Henze, Christopher E.; Ciardi, David R.; Barclay, Thomas; Borucki, William J.; Buchhave, Lars A.; Crepp, Justin R.; Everett, Mark E.; Horch, Elliott P.; Howard, Andrew W.; Howell, Steve B.; Isaacson, Howard T.; Jenkins, Jon M.; Latham, David W.; Petigura, Erik A.; Quintana, Elisa V. (2017). "Validation of SmallKepler Transiting Planet Candidates in or near the Habitable Zone". The Astronomical Journal. 154 (6): 264. arXiv:1711.01267. Bibcode:2017AJ....154..264T. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa984b. S2CID 73678176.
  2. ^ Tasker, Elizabeth (2017-09-07). The Planet Factory: Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4729-1775-1.