Kepler-90i

Kepler-90i
Illustration of the Kepler-90 system compared to the inner solar system. Kepler-90h is the outermost planet of the Kepler-90 system.
Discovery
Discovered byKepler spacecraft[1]
Discovery date2017 Shallue et al.[2][1]
Transit[2] and deep learning, a class of machine learning algorithms.[1]
Orbital characteristics
0.107+0.025
−0.040
[1] AU
14.44912±0.00020[2] d
Inclination89.20 +0.59
−1.30
[2]
StarKepler-90
Physical characteristics
1.32±0.21[2] R🜨
Temperature709 K (436 °C; 817 °F)[2]

Kepler-90i (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-351.08)[2] is a super-Earth exoplanet with a radius 1.32[2] times that of Earth, orbiting the early G-type main sequence star Kepler-90 every 14.45 days, discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft.[1][3] It is located about 2,840 light-years (870 parsecs, or nearly 2.4078×1016 km) from Earth in the constellation Draco. The exoplanet is the eighth in the star's multiplanetary system. As of December 2017, Kepler-90 is the star hosting the most exoplanets found. Kepler-90i was found with the transit method, in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured, and by a newly utilized computer tool, deep learning, a class of machine learning algorithms.[1][4][5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f Shallue, Christopher J.; Vanderburg, Andrew (16 December 2017). "Identifying Exoplanets With Deep Learning: A Five Planet Resonant Chain Around Kepler-80 And An Eighth Planet Around Kepler-90" (PDF). Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Kepler-90 i". NASA Exoplanet Archive. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  3. ^ St. Fleur, Nicholas (14 December 2017). "An 8th Planet Is Found Orbiting a Distant Star, With A.I.'s Help". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. ^ Chou, Felecia; Hawkes, Alison; Northon, Karen (14 December 2017). "Release 17-098 – Artificial Intelligence, NASA Data Used to Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant Star". NASA. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  5. ^ Chou, Felicia; Hawkes, Alison; Landau, Elizabeth (14 December 2017). "Artificial Intelligence, NASA Data Used to Discover Eighth Planet Circling Distant Star". NASA. Retrieved 15 December 2017.