Discovery date 30 January 2012 | Discoverer(s) Kepler team | |
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[Fe/H] 6998900000000000000♠0.09±0.14 Discovery status Conference announcement | ||
Kepler-23b is an exoplanet orbiting Kepler-23, located in the Cygnus constellation. The exoplanet was discovered with the Kepler space telescope in January 2012.
The planet is bigger than Earth, and its orbit is very close to its parent star. Orbital periods are 7.1 days and it presents a semi-major axis 0.099 AU.
References
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