Kepler-26e

Mini-Neptune orbiting Kepler-26

Kepler-26e is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-26, located in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered by the Kepler telescope in February 2014. It orbits its parent star at only 0.220 astronomical units and completes an orbit once every 46.8 days.[1] It is potentially habitable.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Rowe, Jason F. (2014). "Validation of Kepler's Multiple Planet Candidates. III. Light Curve Analysis and Announcement of Hundreds of New Multi-planet Systems". The Astrophysical Journal. 784 (1): 20. arXiv:1402.6534. Bibcode:2014ApJ...784...45R. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/784/1/45. S2CID 119118620. 45.
  2. ^ Jontof-Hutter, Daniel; Ford, Eric B.; Rowe, Jason F.; Lissauer, Jack J.; Fabrycky, Daniel C.; Christa Van Laerhoven; Agol, Eric; Deck, Katherine M.; Holczer, Tomer; Mazeh, Tsevi (2015), Secure TTV Mass Measurements: Ten Kepler Exoplanets between 3 and 8 M🜨 with Diverse Densities and Incident Fluxes, arXiv:1512.02003, doi:10.3847/0004-637X/820/1/39, S2CID 11322397
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Constellation of Lyra
Stars
Bayer
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  • β (Sheliak)
  • γ (Sulafat)
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  • η (Aladfar)
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