Kepler-28b

Kepler-28b
Discovery[1]
Discovered byJason Steffen et al.
Discovery siteKepler Space Observatory
Discovery date25 January 2012
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.05375 AU (8,041,000 km)[2]
5.91227[2] d
StarKepler-28
Physical characteristics
2.41+0.04
−0.17
[2] R🜨
Mass8.8+3.8
−3.1
ME[3]
Temperature743 K[3]

Kepler-28b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star Kepler-28. It is a transiting planet that is smaller than Jupiter that orbits very closely to Kepler-28.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Steffen2012 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c "Kepler-28 b". NASA Exoplanet Archive. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b Cubillos, Patricio; Erkaev, Nikolai V.; Juvan, Ines; Fossati, Luca; Johnstone, Colin P.; Lammer, Helmut; Lendl, Monika; Odert, Petra; Kislyakova, Kristina G. (2016), "An overabundance of low-density Neptune-like planets", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466 (2): 1868–1879, arXiv:1611.09236, doi:10.1093/mnras/stw3103