Kepler-61b

Kepler-61b
Discovery
Discovered byKepler spacecraft
Discovery date24 April 2013[1]
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.26 AU (39,000,000 km)
Eccentricity<0.25
59.87756 d
Inclination>89.80
StarKepler-61 (KOI-1361)
Physical characteristics
2.15 ± 0.13[2] R🜨
Mass6.65[3] ME
Temperature273 K (0 °C; 32 °F)

Kepler-61b (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-1361.01) is a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting within parts of the habitable zone of the K-type main-sequence star Kepler-61. It is located about 1,100 light-years (338 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. It was discovered in 2013 using the transit method, in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured, by NASA's Kepler spacecraft.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kepler61 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Kepler-61b". Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  3. ^ "PHL's Exoplanets Catalog - Planetary Habitability Laboratory @ UPR Arecibo". Archived from the original on 2019-05-21. Retrieved 2014-01-09.