Kepler-37d is an extrasolar planet (exoplanet) discovered by the Kepler space telescope in February 2013.[5] It is located 209 light years away,[6] in the constellation Lyra.[5] With an orbital period of 29 days,[1] it is the largest of the three known planets orbiting its parent star Kepler-37.[7]
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| Discovery site | Kepler Space Observatory |
| Discovery date | 2013 |
Detection method | Transit |
| Orbital characteristics | |
Semi-major axis | 0.2076+0.0016 −0.0022 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.15+0.07 −0.1 |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 29.32+0.54 −0.80 d[1] |
| Inclination | 89.335+0.043 −0.047 [2] [3] |
| Star | Kepler-37 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.99 [4] REarth |
| Mass | 5.4±1.4MEarth[1] |
| Temperature | 182 °C (455 K; 360 °F) |
In 2015, a grant was approved to further expand the Sagan Planet Walk by installing a Kepler-37d station on the Moon 384,500 kilometers (238,900 mi) away.[8]
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