Kepler-7B: A Transiting Planet With Unusually Low Density
| dc.contributor.utaustinauthor | Cochran, William D. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Latham, David W. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Borucki, William J. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Koch, David G. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Brown, Timothy M. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Buchhave, Lars A. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Basri, Gibor | en_US |
| dc.creator | Batalha, Natalie M. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Caldwell, Douglas A. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Cochran, William D. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Dunham, Edward W. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Furesz, Gabor | en_US |
| dc.creator | Gautier, Thomas N., III | en_US |
| dc.creator | Geary, John C. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Gilliland, Ronald L. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Howell, Steve B. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Jenkins, Jon M. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Lissauer, Jack J. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Marcy, Geoffrey W. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Monet, David G. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Rowe, Jason F. | en_US |
| dc.creator | Sasselov, Dimitar D. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-28T19:34:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-10-28T19:34:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-04 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | We report on the discovery and confirmation of Kepler-7b, a transiting planet with unusually low density. The mass is less than half that of Jupiter, M(P) = 0.43 M(J), but the radius is 50% larger, R(P) = 1.48 R(J). The resulting density, rho(P) = 0.17 g cm(-3), is the second lowest reported so far for an extrasolar planet. The orbital period is fairly long, P = 4.886 days, and the host star is not much hotter than the Sun, T(eff) = 6000 K. However, it is more massive and considerably larger than the Sun, M(star) = 1.35 M(circle dot) and R(star) = 1.84R(circle dot), and must be near the end of its life on the main sequence. | en_US |
| dc.description.department | Astronomy | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | NASA Cooperative Agreement NCC2-1390 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.15781/T2TX35870 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Latham, David W., William J. Borucki, David G. Koch, Timothy M. Brown, Lars A. Buchhave, Gibor Basri, Natalie M. Batalha et al. "Kepler-7b: a transiting planet with unusually low density." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Vol. 713, No. 2 (Apr., 2010): L140. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/2041-8205/713/2/l140 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2041-8205 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2152/42922 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | en_US | |
| dc.relation.ispartofserial | Astrophysical Journal Letters | en_US |
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| dc.rights.restriction | Open | en_US |
| dc.subject | planetary systems | en_US |
| dc.subject | stars: individual (kepler-7, kic 5780885, 2mass | en_US |
| dc.subject | 19141956+4105233) | en_US |
| dc.subject | techniques: spectroscopic | en_US |
| dc.subject | stellar | en_US |
| dc.subject | astronomy & astrophysics | en_US |
| dc.title | Kepler-7B: A Transiting Planet With Unusually Low Density | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |