Kepler-76b
Jovian extrasolar planet orbiting Kepler-76 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kepler-76b is a gas giant with mass about two times that of Jupiter.[2]
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Discovery | |
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Discovery date | May, 2013 |
Stellar flux variations due to relativistic beaming, Transit (Kepler Mission) | |
Orbital characteristics | |
0.028 AU | |
Eccentricity | ~0 |
1.54492875 d | |
Inclination | 78 |
Star | Kepler-76 |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.25 RJ |
Mass | ~2 MJ |
Mean density | 1.4 g/cm3 (0.051 lb/cu in) |
Albedo | 0.23 (visible light) |
Temperature | 2830+50 −30[1] |
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It is a Hot Jupiter that orbits its star every 1.5 days. It was confirmed with the Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey and the SOPHIE échelle spectrograph.