KEPLER-6b: A TRANSITING HOT JUPITER ORBITING A METAL-RICH STAR

2010/01/02 by Edward W. Dunham, William J. Borucki, W. J. Borucki +31 · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Exoplanet #Hot Jupiter #Jupiter (rocket family) #Jupiter mass #Metallicity #Orbital period #Physics #Planet #Planetary mass #RADIUS #Space exploration #Star (game theory) #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.SR

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/2041-8205/713/2/l136

12 pages, 2 figures, submitted to the Astrophysical Journal Letters

arxiv created 2010/01/02 · openalex publication_date 2010/03/30 · arxiv updated 2015/05/14 · openalex created_date 2021/02/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We announce the discovery of Kepler-6b, a transiting hot Jupiter orbiting a star with unusually high metallicity, . The planet's mass is about 2/3 that of Jupiter, M P = 0.67 M J , and the radius is 30% larger than that of Jupiter, R P = 1.32 R J , resulting in a density of ρ P = 0.35 g cm −3 , a fairly typical value for such a planet. The orbital period is P = 3.235 days. The host star is both more massive than the Sun, M ⋆ = 1.21 M ☉ , and larger than the Sun, R ⋆ = 1.39 R ☉ .

Citations

• OVERVIEW OF THE KEPLER SCIENCE PROCESSING PIPELINE
• PRE-SPECTROSCOPIC FALSE-POSITIVE ELIMINATION OF KEPLER PLANET CANDIDATES
• INITIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF KEPLER SHORT CADENCE DATA
• INITIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF KEPLER LONG CADENCE DATA FOR DETECTING TRANSITING PLANETS
• XO‐2b: Transiting Hot Jupiter in a Metal‐rich Common Proper Motion Binary
• KEPLER MISSION DESIGN, REALIZED PHOTOMETRIC PERFORMANCE, AND EARLY SCIENCE
• The Challenge of Wide‐Field Transit Surveys: The Case of GSC 01944‐02289
• KEPLER SCIENCE OPERATIONS

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• PLANET OCCURRENCE WITHIN 0.25 AU OF SOLAR-TYPE STARS FROM KEPLER
• CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANETARY CANDIDATES OBSERVED BYKEPLER. II. ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF DATA
• Kepler-22b: A 2.4 EARTH-RADIUS PLANET IN THE HABITABLE ZONE OF A SUN-LIKE STAR

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