Kepler-15b

{{Infobox planet

| name = Kepler-15b

| discoverer = Michael Endl et al.

| discovered = 13 July 2011

| discovery_method = Transit method

| apsis = astron

| semimajor = {{convert|0.05714|AU|km|abbr=on}}

| period = 4.942782 d

| inclination = 87.44

| star = Kepler-15

| mean_radius = 0.96 {{Jupiter radius|link=y}}

| mass = 0.66 {{Jupiter mass|link=y}}

| density = {{convert|0.93|g/cm3|lk=on|abbr=on}}

}}

Kepler-15b is a planet discovered by the Kepler spacecraft. It is a hot Jupiter, with a mass of 0.66{{±|0.08|0.09}} M_J, a radius 0.96{{±|0.06|0.07}} R_J and a period of about 4.94 days.{{Cite web |url=http://exoplanet.hanno-rein.de/system.php?id=Kepler-15+b |title=Kepler-15 b - Visual Exoplanet Catalogue |access-date=2011-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328050222/http://exoplanet.hanno-rein.de/system.php?id=Kepler-15+b |archive-date=2012-03-28 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/Sieve/nph-sieve?&objstr=Kepler-15b |title=Overview |access-date=2012-01-13 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715063307/http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/Sieve/nph-sieve?&objstr=Kepler-15b |archive-date=2012-07-15 |url-status=dead }}

References

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{{cite journal | title=Kepler-15b: A Hot Jupiter Enriched in Heavy Elements and the First Kepler Mission Planet Confirmed with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope | last1=Endl | first1=Michael | last2=MacQueen | first2=Phillip J. | last3=Cochran | first3=William D. | last4=Brugamyer | first4=Erik J. | last5=Buchhave | first5=Lars A. | last6=Rowe | first6=Jason | last7=Lucas | first7=Phillip | last8=Isaacson | first8=Howard | last9=Bryson | first9=Steve | last10=Howell | first10=Steve B. | last11=Fortney | first11=Jonathan J. | last12=Hansen | first12=Terese | last13=Borucki | first13=William J. | last14=Caldwell | first14=Douglas | last15=Christiansen | first15=Jessie L. | last16=Ciardi | first16=David R. | last17=Demory | first17=Brice-Olivier | last18=Everett | first18=Mark | last19=Ford | first19=Eric B. | last20=Haas | first20=Michael R. | last21=Holman | first21=Matthew J. | last22=Horch | first22=Elliott | last23=Jenkins | first23=Jon M. | last24=Koch | first24=David J. | last25=Lissauer | first25=Jack J. | last26=Machalek | first26=Pavel | last27=Still | first27=Martin | last28=Welsh | first28=William F. | last29=Sanderfer | first29=Dwight T. | last30=Seader | first30=Shawn E. | display-authors=1 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series | volume=197 | issue=1 | at=13 | year=2011 | bibcode=2011ApJS..197...13E | doi=10.1088/0067-0049/197/1/13 | hdl=2152/42925 | s2cid=16426750 | hdl-access=free }}

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15b

Category:Transiting exoplanets

Category:Exoplanets discovered in 2011

Category:Gas giants

Category:Kepler-15

Kepler-15b

See also

References