Kepler-445d

Kepler-445d is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf Kepler-445 every 8 days.[3] It has an equilibrium temperature of 305 K (32 °C; 89 °F).[2]

Kepler-445d
Discovery
Discovery siteKepler Space Observatory
Discovery date2015
Transit
Orbital characteristics
0.047121 AU (7,049,200 km)
Eccentricity0
8.15275±0.00040 d
Inclination89.61
StarKepler-445
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
1.33+0.25
0.23
REarth[1]
Temperature305 K (32 °C; 89 °F)[2]

    Physical characteristics

    Kepler-445d is only slightly larger than the Earth, with a radius of 1.33 R🜨. According to PHL's calculators, the mass required for the planet to have the same density as the Earth is around 2 M🜨.[4]

    References

    1. Mann, Andrew W.; Dupuy, Trent; Muirhead, Philip S.; Johnson, Marshall C.; Liu, Michael C.; Ansdell, Megan; Dalba, Paul A.; Swift, Jonathan J.; Hadden, Sam (2017), "The Gold Standard: Accurate Stellar and Planetary Parameters for EightKeplerM Dwarf Systems Enabled by Parallaxes", The Astronomical Journal, 153 (6): 267, arXiv:1705.01545, doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aa7140, S2CID 119325474
    2. "Kepler Objects of Interest".
    3. "Kepler-445".
    4. "PHL's calculators". Archived from the original on 2017-08-24. Retrieved 2015-08-16.


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