Kepler-61

Kepler-61
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Cygnus
Right ascension 19h 41m 13.0815s[1]
Declination +42° 28′ 30.984″[1]
Apparent magnitude (V) 15
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type K7V[2]
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −2.066(50) mas/yr[1]
Dec.: 10.687(52) mas/yr[1]
Parallax (π)2.9296 ± 0.0418 mas[1]
Distance1,110 ± 20 ly
(341 ± 5 pc)
Details
Mass0.635 ± 0.037[3] M☉
Radius0.62 ± 0.03[3] R☉
Luminosity0.08 L☉
Temperature4017 +49
−150[2] K
Metallicity [Fe/H]0.03 ± 0.14[3] dex
Rotation35.078±0.924 days[4]
Age>1[3] Gyr
Other designations
KIC 6960913, KOI-1361
Database references
SIMBADdata

Kepler-61 is a K-type main-sequence star approximately 1,100 light years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. It is located within the field of vision of the Kepler spacecraft, the satellite that NASA's Kepler Mission used to detect planets that may be transiting their stars. On April 24, 2013 it was announced that the star has an extrasolar planet (a super-Earth) orbiting in the inner edge of the habitable zone, named Kepler-61b.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Gaia DR3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c Exoplanet Characterization by Proxy: a Transiting 2.15 R_Earth Planet Near the Habitable Zone of the Late K dwarf Kepler-61 Sarah Ballard, David Charbonneau, Francois Fressin, Guillermo Torres, Jonathan Irwin, Jean-Michel Desert, Elisabeth Newton, Andrew W. Mann, David R. Ciardi, Justin R. Crepp, Christopher E. Henze, Stephen T. Bryson, Steven B. Howell, Elliott P. Horch, Mark E. Everett, Avi Shporer et al. April 26, 2013
  3. ^ a b c d "Kepler-61b". Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference McQuillan2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).