Kepler-69c
Kepler-69c is an uninhabitable exoplanet. It orbits Kepler-69 at 0.64 AU.
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| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Kepler spacecraft |
| Discovery date | 18 April 2013 |
| Transit (Kepler Mission Method) | |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.64+0.15 −0.11[1][2] AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.14+0.18 −0.1[1][2] |
| 242.4613 (± 0.006)[1][3][2] d | |
| Inclination | 89.85+0.03 −0.08[1][2] |
| Star | Kepler-69 |
| Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.71+0.34 −0.23[3] REarth |
| Mass | ~6 M🜨 |
| Temperature | 548 K (275 °C; 527 °F)[note 1] |
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Properties
Kepler-69c is a Venus-like exoplanet with a mass of 6M earth and a radius of 1.71R earth.
Kepler-69c Media
Artist's conception of a comparison between a Venus-like and Earth-like planet. Based on recent research, Kepler-69c is more likely a super-Venus, analogous to Venus but more massive, and completely uninhabitable.
Relative sizes of all of the habitable-zone planets discovered to date alongside Earth
Painting of Milky Way galaxy used as background for diagram of Kepler Mission search space.Portrait of the Milky Way © Jon Lomberg www.jonlomberg.com
Related pages
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Staff. Kepler KOI Search Results for KOI-172.02 (January 7, 2013)Space Telescope Science Institute. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Staff. NASA Exoplanet Archive -KOI-172.02Caltech. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Barclay, Thomas. A super-Earth-sized planet orbiting in or near the habitable zone around Sun-like star. The Astrophysical Journal 768 (2) (2013). p. 101. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/768/2/101.
