Planet Kepler-22 b

Name	Kepler-22 b
Discovered in	2011
M × sin i	> 0.11 MJ
Semi-major axis	0.849 ± 0.018 AU
Orbital period	289.862 +0.02-0.02 days
Eccentricity	—
ω	—
Tperi	—
Radius	0.21 ± 0.012 RJ
Inclination	89.764 +0.042-0.042°
Update	Dec. 9, 2011
Detection method	detected by transit
Molecules detected	—

Remarks

07 Dec 2011: There yet no mass measurement, only an upper limit, from Radial Velocity measurements.

Star

Name	Kepler-22
Distance	190 pc
Spectral type	G5
Apparent magnitude V	12.0
Mass	0.97 ± 0.06 MSun
Age	Gyr
Effective temperature	5518 ± 44 K
Radius	0.979 ± 0.02 RSun
Metallicity [Fe/H]	-0.29 ± 0.06
RA2000	19:16:52.0
Dec2000	+47:53:04
Planetary system	1 planet

More data

• Simbad
• Most recent references (ADS)

Related publications

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