Kepler-62c

Kepler-62c
Discovery
Discovered by	Borucki et al.
Discovery site	Kepler Space Observatory
Discovery date	18 April 2013
Detection method	Transit (Kepler Mission)
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.0929 ± 0.0009 AU
Eccentricity	~0
Orbital period (sidereal)	12.4417 ± 0.0001 d
Inclination	89.7 ± 0.2
Star	Kepler-62 (KOI-701)
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	0.54 ± 0.03 R🜨
Mass	0.1+3.9; −0.1 ME
Temperature	Teq: 578 K (305 °C; 581 °F)

Kepler-62c (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-701.05) is an approximately Mars-sized exoplanet discovered in orbit around the star Kepler-62, the second innermost of five discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft around Kepler-62. At the time of discovery it was the second-smallest exoplanet discovered and confirmed by the Kepler spacecraft, after Kepler-37b. It was found using the transit method, in which the dimming that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured.^[1] Its stellar flux is 25 ± 3 times Earth's.^[1] It is similar to Mercury.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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. PMID 23599262. S2CID 21029755.
^ NASA Kepler Discovers New Potentially Habitable Exoplanets Archived 2019-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Abel Mendez. April 18, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2016.

[Borucki-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ 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. PMID 23599262. S2CID 21029755.

[PHL-2] NASA Kepler Discovers New Potentially Habitable Exoplanets Archived 2019-10-21 at the Wayback Machine Abel Mendez. April 18, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2016.

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