Kepler-28

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Kepler-28
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Kepler-28 compared to the Sun
Observation data
Epoch J2000       Equinox J2000
Constellation Cygnus [1]
Right ascension 19h 28m 32.8905s [2]
Declination +42° 25 45.959 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.036 [3]
Characteristics
Spectral type M0V [4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−26.99±6.00 [2]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −0.463(21)  mas/yr [2]
Dec.: 11.691(21)  mas/yr [2]
Parallax (π)2.2537 ± 0.0185  mas [2]
Distance 1,450 ± 10  ly
(444 ± 4  pc)
Details
Mass 0.684±0.026 [5]   M
Radius 0.664±0.013 [5]   R
Temperature 4499±75 [5]   K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.17±0.11 [4]   dex
Rotation 17.951±0.016 days [6]
Rotational velocity (v sin i)0.6 [3]  km/s
Age 2.2 [7]   Gyr
Other designations
KOI-870, KIC  6949607, 2MASS J19283288+4225459 [8]
Database references
SIMBAD data
KIC data

Kepler-28 is an M-type main-sequence star about 1,450 light-years (440 parsecs ) away in the northern constellation of Cygnus. [2] With an apparent visual magnitude of 15.036, [3] this star is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. It is orbited by two exoplanets.

Planetary system

The two transiting planets of Kepler-28 were discovered in 2011 using the Kepler space telescope, and were confirmed in early 2012. [9] They are both warm sub-Neptune gas planets. [7] The planetary parameters were updated in 2023, with lower values for all of mass, radius, and density compared to previous estimates. [5]

The Kepler-28 planetary system [4] [5]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b 1.63+0.51
−0.40
  M🜨
0.0625.91213(17)<0.081.959+0.043
−0.042
  R🜨
c2.06+0.70
−0.52
  M🜨
0.0818.98597(27)0.017+0.023
−0.014
1.857±0.042  R🜨

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References

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