Kepler-15 Explained

Kepler-15 (also known as KOI-128 or KIC 11359879[1] [2] is a G-type main sequence star with a mass of 1.018 solar masses and a radius of 1.253 solar radius. The star lies at a temperature of 5595 Kelvin.

Planetary system

Kepler-15 is orbited by one known planet named Kepler-15b, a hot jupiter enriched in heavy elements. It was discovered by the transit method in 2011.[3]

Notes and References

  1. 1102.0541v1 . astro-ph.EP . Borucki . Koch . Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler, II: Analysis of the first four months of data . 2011 . Gibor Basri . Natalie Batalha . Brown . Bryson . Douglas Caldwell . Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard . Cochran . DeVore . Edna . Dunham . Edward W. . Gautier III . Thomas N. . Geary . John C. . Gilliland . Ronald . Gould . Alan . Howell . Steve B. . Jenkins . Jon M. . Latham . David W. . Lissauer . Jack J. . Marcy . Geoffrey W. . Rowe . Jason . Sasselov . Dimitar . Boss . Alan . Charbonneau . David . Ciardi . David . Doyle . Laurance . Dupree . Andrea K. . Ford . Eric B. . Fortney . Jonathan . Holman . Matthew J. . etal.
  2. Web site: 2013-02-21 . TEPCat: Kepler-15 . 2013-02-28 . Astro.keele.ac.uk.
  3. Encyclopedia: The Extrasolar Planet Encyclopaedia — Catalog Listing . 2011-08-02 . 2013-02-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120121114740/http://exoplanet.eu/star.php?st=Kepler-15#a_publi . . 2012-01-21 .

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