Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Kepler science team |
Discovery date | 2014 [1] |
Transit method | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.1240 AU [2] | |
0.0418 [2] | |
Star | Kepler-23 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mass | 0.0550 (MJ) [2] |
Kepler-23d is a super-Earth candidate orbiting the star Kepler-23, located in the constellation Cygnus.[2] The planet is 2.2 times wider than Earth[1] and is 0.0550 Jupiter masses.[2] The planet was located using data from the Kepler space telescope in 2014,[1] and was concluded to likely be a super-Earth.[1]
Habitability
The planet is a Venus-like exoplanet due to its proximity from its star; roughly 0.1240 AU away.[2] The planet hypothetically has a surface, although it would be almost similar to Venus’s landscape.
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