| Discovery | |
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| Discovered by | Kepler team |
| Discovery date | 30 January 2012 |
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| Orbital characteristics | |
| 0.075 AU (11,200,000 km) | |
| 7.106995d[1] | |
| Star | Kepler-23 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 1.9R🜨 | |
Kepler-23b is an exoplanet orbitingKepler-23, located in theCygnus constellation. The exoplanet was discovered with theKepler space telescope in January 2012.[2]
The planet is bigger thanEarth, and its orbit is very close to its parent star.[3] Orbital periods are 7.1 days and it presents a semi-major axis 0.099AU.[3]
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