Kepler-453b is a transiting circumbinary exoplanet in the binary-star system Kepler-453. It orbits the binary system in the habitable zone every 240.5 days.[1][2] The orbit of the planet is inclined relative to the binary orbit therefore precession of the orbit leads to it spending most of its time in a non-transiting configuration. By the time the TESS and PLATO spacecraft are available for follow up observations it will no longer be transiting.[3]
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Discovery site | Kepler Space Observatory |
Discovery date | 2015 |
Detection method | Transit |
Orbital characteristics | |
Semi-major axis | 0.7903 ± 0.0028 AU (118,230,000 ± 420,000 km)[1] |
Eccentricity | 0.0359±0.0088[1] |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 240.503±0.053[1] d |
Inclination | 89.4429±0.0091 [1] |
Star | Kepler-453 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 6.204±0.039[1] REarth |
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