Kepler-32c

Kepler-32c

Discovery
Discovery date	2013
Detection method	Transit (Kepler Mission)
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis	0.09 AU (13,000,000 km)
Orbital period (sidereal)	8.7522 d
Star	Kepler-32
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	3.7 R🜨
Temperature	417.3K

Kepler-32c (alt. name KOI 952.02) is an extrasolar planet in orbit around its M-dwarf-type star in the Kepler-32 system, in the constellation of Cygnus. ^[1] Discovered by planetary transit methods with the Kepler space telescope in January 2012, it presents a semi-major axis of 0.033 AU and temperature of 417.3 K. It has a radius of 2.2 Earth-radius and an orbital period of 8.7522 days. ^[2]

See also

• List of planets discovered by the Kepler spacecraft

References

1. Swift, Jonathan J. (2012). "Characterizing the Cool KOIs IV: Kepler-32 as a prototype for the formation of compact planetary systems throughout the Galaxy". The Astrophysical Journal. 764 (1): 105. arXiv: 1301.0023 . Bibcode:2013ApJ...764..105S. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/764/1/105. S2CID   43750666.
2. Open Exoplanet Catalogue. "Kepler-32". Exoplanet.de. Retrieved 28 February 2013.^{[ permanent dead link ]}