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Kepler-4b, initially known as KOI 7.01, is an extrasolar planet first detected as a transit by the Kepler spacecraft. Its radius and mass are similar to that of Neptune; however, due to its proximity to its host star, it is substantially hotter than any planet in the Solar System.[4][6] The planet's discovery was announced on January 4, 2010, in Washington, D.C., along with four other planets that were initially detected by the Kepler spacecraft and subsequently confirmed by telescopes at the W.M. Keck Observatory.

Kepler-4b
Size comparison of Neptune (left) with Kepler-4b (right).
Discovery[1]
Discovery date2010-01-04[2]
Detection method
Transit (Kepler Mission)[3]
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis
.04558 AU (6,819,000 km)[4]
Eccentricity0.25 ± 0.12[5]
Orbital period (sidereal)
3.2135[4] d
Inclination89.76[4]
StarKepler-4[4]
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
0.357[4] RJ
3.878 REarth
Mass.077[4] MJ
Temperature1650[4]

    Nomenclature and history


    Kepler-4b was named because it was the first planet discovered in the orbit of its star, Kepler-4. The star was, in turn, named for the Kepler Mission, a NASA satellite whose purpose is to discover Earth-like planets in a section of the sky between constellations Cygnus and Lyra using the transit method. Using this method, Kepler notes small and steady decreases in a star's brightness that are measured as a planet crosses in front of it.[3] Initially, Kepler-4b was detected as a transit event by the Kepler telescope and considered a Kepler Object of Interest with the designation KOI 7.01.[7]

    Subsequent radial velocity measurements by the High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer on the telescopes of W.M. Keck Observatory confirmed the planetary nature of the transit event and established a mass estimate for the planet.[1] The planet's discovery was announced on January 4, 2010, along with four other planets detected by Kepler: Kepler-5b, 6b, 7b and 8b[6] at the 215th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Washington, D.C.[2]


    Host star


    Main article: Kepler-4

    Kepler-4 is a star very similar to the sun[1] located about 1610 light-years away[8] from Earth, in the constellation of Draco.[9]


    Characteristics


    Kepler-4b orbits its host star in 3.213 days at a distance of 0.046 AU.[1] This places it almost 10 times closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun. Consequently, Kepler-4b is thought to be extremely hot, with an equilibrium temperature greater than 1700 kelvins (2600 °F). (1426°C)[5] The planet is estimated to be 25 times more massive than the Earth with a radius that is 4 times greater than the Earth.[1] This makes it similar to Neptune in terms of size and mass, but with a temperature that is not comparable to any planet in the Solar System (Venus, the hottest planet, is only 735 kelvins). Kepler-4b's eccentricity was assumed to be 0, however an independent reanalysis of the discovery data found a value of 0.25 ± 0.12,[5] and a later reanalysis of the light curve discovered a secondary eclipse with depth 7.47 ± 1.82ppm at a phase of about 0.7.[10]

    A picture showing the relative sizes of the first five planets discovered by Kepler. Kepler-4b is the smallest of the five, highlighted in purple.
    A picture showing the relative sizes of the first five planets discovered by Kepler. Kepler-4b is the smallest of the five, highlighted in purple.

    Other Kepler Planets



    References


    1. Borucki, William J.; et al. (2010). "Kepler-4b: A Hot Neptune-like Planet of a G0 Star Near Main-sequence Turnoff". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 713 (2): L126–L130. arXiv:1001.0604. Bibcode:2010ApJ...713L.126B. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/713/2/L126.
    2. Rich Talcott (5 January 2010). "215th AAS meeting update: Kepler discoveries the talk of the town". Astronomy.com. Astronomy magazine. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
    3. "Mission overview". Kepler and K2. NASA. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
    4. "Summary Table of Kepler Discoveries". NASA. 2010-03-15. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
    5. Kipping, David; Bakos, Gáspár (2011). "An Independent Analysis of Kepler-4b through Kepler-8b". The Astrophysical Journal. 730 (1). 50. arXiv:1004.3538. Bibcode:2011ApJ...730...50K. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/730/1/50.
    6. Ron Cowen (2010-01-04). "Kepler space telescope finds its first extrasolar planets". Science News. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
    7. Borucki, William J.; et al. (2011). "Characteristics of Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler. II. Analysis of the First Four Months of Data". The Astrophysical Journal. 736 (1). 19. arXiv:1102.0541. Bibcode:2011ApJ...736...19B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/736/1/19.
    8. Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
    9. Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a Constellation From a Position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 99 (617): 695–699. Bibcode:1987PASP...99..695R. doi:10.1086/132034. Vizier query form
    10. Sheets, Holly A.; Deming, Drake (2017). "Average Albedos of Close-in Super-Earths and Super-Neptunes from Statistical Analysis of Long-cadence Kepler Secondary Eclipse Data". The Astronomical Journal. 154 (4). 160. arXiv:1708.08459. Bibcode:2017AJ....154..160S. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa88b9.


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    [de] Kepler-4b

    Kepler-4b ist ein Exoplanet im Sternbild Draco. Er umläuft seinen Zentralstern Kepler-4 mit einer Periode von 3,234 Tagen. Sein Radius und seine Masse entsprechen etwa den Werten des Planeten Neptun. Kepler-4b weist somit ähnliche Eigenschaften wie Gliese 436 b oder HAT-P-11b auf.
    - [en] Kepler-4b

    [es] Kepler-4b

    Kepler-4b es uno de los primeros 5 exoplanetas descubiertos por la Misión Kepler y a 3,87 radios terrestres, es el más pequeño descubierto por Kepler hasta el momento.[1][2]

    [ru] Kepler-4 b

    Kepler-4 b — одна из первых 5 экзопланет, открытых телескопом «Кеплер», с орбитальным периодом в 3,2 дня и размером 3,878 земных радиуса.[1][2]


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