Kepler-88 is a Sun-like star in the constellation of Lyra, with three confirmed planets. In April 2012, scientists discovered that a Kepler candidate known as KOI-142.01 (Kepler-88b) exhibited very significant transit-timing variations caused by a non-transiting planet.[4] Timing variations were large enough to cause changes to transit durations to Kepler-88b as well. Large transit-timing variations helped to put tight constraints to masses of both planets. The non-transiting planet was further confirmed through the radial velocity method in November 2013.[7]
Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Lyra |
Right ascension | +19h 24m 35.5431s[1] |
Declination | +40° 40′ 09.8098″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.5[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | G8IV or B[3] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 1.114±0.023[1] mas/yr Dec.: 4.963±0.028[1] mas/yr |
Parallax (π) | 2.6246 ± 0.0140 mas[1] |
Distance | 1,243 ± 7 ly (381 ± 2 pc) |
Absolute magnitude (MV) | 5.183+0.116 −0.090[4] |
Details | |
Mass | 1.022+0.023 −0.026[4] M☉ |
Radius | 0.961+0.020 −0.024[4] R☉ |
Luminosity | 0.755+0.056 −0.067[4] L☉ |
Surface gravity (log g) | 4.482+0.018 −0.016[4] cgs |
Temperature | 5513±67[4] K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | +0.37 ± 0.08[4] dex |
Rotation | 30.689±0.383 days[5] |
Age | 2.45+1.20 −0.77[4] Gyr |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
KIC | data |
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Kepler-88b is the innermost planet in the system and is Neptune-sized but almost half as dense.
Kepler 88c is about 60% as massive as Jupiter, but its radius is not known due to not transiting the planet.
Kepler-88d orbits its star every four years, and its orbit is not circular, but elliptical. At three times the mass of Jupiter, it is the most massive.[8] It was discovered based on six years of radial velocity (RV) follow-up from the W. M. Keck Observatory High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer spectrograph.[9]
Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination | Radius |
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b | 0.09604+0.00063 −0.00066 MJ |
0.098 | 10.91647±0.00014 | 0.05561±0.00013 | 90.97±0.12° | 3.780 R🜨 |
c | 0.656+0.027 −0.026 MJ |
0.15525 | 22.26492±0.00067 | 0.05724±0.00045 | 93.15±0.68° | — |
d | ≥3.15±0.15 MJ | 2.45±0.02 | 1409+14 −13 |
0.424+0.031 −0.032 |
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