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KOI-13 b | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/KOI-13 b

Confirmed exoplanet · Gas Giant

KOI-13 b

Orbiting KOI-13

Discovered in 2011 using Transit. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

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Discovery: 2,011
Method: Transit
Radius: 16.948008 R⊕
Mass: 2,949.4624 M⊕
Orbit: 1.763588 days
Distance: 519.096 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 1.763588 days
Semi-major axis: 0.03641 AU
Eccentricity: 0.00064
Radius: 16.948008 Earth radii
Mass: 2,949.4624 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Mass
Density: 3.6 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 2,550 K
Insolation: 25,339.901 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: KOI-13
Stars in system: 3
Known planets in system: 1
Spectral type: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Stellar temperature: 7,650 K
Stellar radius: 1.74 R☉
Stellar mass: 1.72 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0.2 dex
Stellar age: 1.12 Gyr
Distance: 519.096 parsecs
Right ascension: 19h07m53.13s
Declination: +46d52m05.69s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Transit
Discovery year: 2,011
Publication date: 2011-07
Discovery locale: Space
Facility: Kepler
Telescope: 0.95 m Kepler Telescope
Instrument: Kepler CCD Array
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

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