Kepler-62: A five-planet system with planets of 1.4 and 1.6 Earth radii in the habitable zone
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Article Title | Kepler-62: A five-planet system with planets of 1.4 and 1.6 Earth radii in the habitable zone |
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ERA Journal ID | 17478 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Borucki, William J. (Author), Agol, Eric (Author), Fressin, Francois (Author), Kaltenegger, Lisa (Author), Rowe, Jason (Author), Isaacson, Howard (Author), Fischer, Debra (Author), Batalha, Natalie (Author), Lissauer, Jack J. (Author), Marcy, Geoffrey W. (Author), Fabrycky, Daniel (Author), Desert, Jean Michel (Author), Bryson, Stephen T. (Author), Barclay, Thomas (Author), Bastien, Fabienne (Author), Boss, Alan (Author), Brugamyer, Erik (Author), Buchhave, Lars A. (Author), Burke, Chris (Author), Caldwell, Douglas A. (Author), Carter, Josh (Author), Charbonneau, David (Author), Crepp, Justin R. (Author), Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jorgen (Author), Christiansen, Jessie L. (Author), Ciardi, David (Author), Cochran, William D. (Author), DeVore, Edna (Author), Doyle, Laurance (Author), Dupree, Andrea K. (Author), Endl, Michael (Author), Everett, Mark E. (Author), Ford, Eric B. (Author), Fortney, Jonathan (Author), Gautier, Thomas N. (Author), Geary, John C. (Author), Gould, Alan (Author), Haas, Michael (Author), Henze, Christopher (Author), Howard, Andrew W. (Author), Howell, Steve B. (Author), Huber, Daniel (Author), Jenkins, Jon M. (Author), Kjeldsen, Hans (Author), Kolbl, Rea (Author), Kolodziejczak, Jeffery (Author), Latham, David W. (Author), Lee, Brian L. (Author), Lopez, Eric (Author), Mullally, Fergal (Author), Orosz, Jerome A. (Author), Prsa, Andrej (Author), Quintana, Elisa V. (Author), Sanchis-Ojeda, Roberto (Author), Sasselov, Dimitar (Author), Seader, Shawn (Author), Shporer, Avi (Author), Steffen, Jason H. (Author), Still, Martin (Author), Tenenbaum, Peter (Author), Thompson, Susan E. (Author), Torres, Guillermo (Author), Twicken, Joseph D. (Author), Welsh, William F. (Author) and Winn, Joshua N. (Author) |
Journal Title | Science |
Journal Citation | 340 (6132), pp. 587-590 |
Number of Pages | 4 |
Year | 2013 |
Publisher | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0036-8075 |
0096-3771 | |
1095-9203 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1234702 |
Web Address (URL) | http://science.sciencemag.org/content/340/6132/587 |
Abstract | We present the detection of five planets - Kepler-62b, c, d, e, and f - of size 1.31, 0.54, 1.95, 1.61 and 1.41 Earth radii (R⊕), orbiting a K2V star at periods of 5.7, 12.4, 18.2, 122.4, and 267.3 days, respectively. The outermost planets, Kepler-62e and -62f, are super-Earth-size (1.25 R ⊕ < planet radius ≤ 2.0 R⊕) planets in the habitable zone of their host star, respectively receiving 1.2 ± 0.2 times and 0.41 ± 0.05 times the solar flux at Earth's orbit. Theoretical models of Kepler-62e and -62f for a stellar age of ∼7 billion years suggest that both planets could be solid, either with a rocky composition or composed of mostly solid water in their bulk. |
Keywords | Environmental Health and Pollution Control; Other planets; |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 510109. Stellar astronomy and planetary systems |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Byline Affiliations | NASA Ames Research Center, United States |
University of Washington, United States | |
Center for Astrophysics Harvard and Smithsonian, United States | |
Max Planck Society, Germany | |
SETI Institute, United States | |
University of California, United States | |
Massey University, New Zealand | |
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, United States | |
Vanderbilt University, United States | |
Carnegie Institution of Washington, United States | |
University of Texas at Austin, United States | |
University of Copenhagen, Denmark | |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States | |
Aarhus University, Denmark | |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), United States | |
National Optical Astronomy Observatory, United States | |
University of Florida, United States | |
Lawrence Hall of Science, United States | |
University of Hawaii, United States | |
Marshall Space Flight Centre, United States | |
San Diego State University, United States | |
Villanova University, United States | |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States | |
Northwestern University, United States |
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