Kepler-24b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-24, located in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered by the Kepler telescope in January 2012. It orbits its parent star at only 0.080 astronomical units away, and at its distance it completes an orbit once every 8.145 days.[1]
Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Eric B. Ford et al.[1] |
Discovery date | 25 January 2012 |
Detection method | Transit method |
Orbital characteristics | |
Semi-major axis | 0.080 AU (12,000,000 km)[1] |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 8.14511872(4028)[2] d |
Star | Kepler-24 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 2.02+0.75 −0.30[3] REarth |
Mass | 33.3+10.8 −8.1[3] MEarth |