| Kepler-23b | |
| Discoverer: | Kepler team |
| Discovered: | 30 January 2012 |
| Discovery Method: | Transit (Kepler Mission) |
| Apsis: | astron |
| Semimajor: | 0.075AU |
| Period: | 7.106995 d |
| Mean Radius: | 1.9 |
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.[1]
The planet is bigger than Earth, and its orbit is very close to its parent star.[2] Orbital periods are 7.1 days and it presents a semi-major axis 0.099 AU.