Kepler-59b

{{Short description|Super-Earth orbiting Kepler-59}}

{{Infobox planet

| name = Kepler-59b

| discoverer = Jason H. Steffen et al.

| discovered = 16 August 2012

| discovery_method = Transit method

| apsis = astron

| period = {{nowrap|11.8681707 ± 0.00036}}{{cite journal|doi=10.1093/mnras/sts090|title=Transit timing observations from Kepler - VII. Confirmation of 27 planets in 13 multiplanet systems via transit timing variations and orbital stability|journal=Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society|volume=428|issue=2|pages=1077|year=2012|last1=Steffen|first1=J. H.|last2=Fabrycky|first2=D. C.|last3=Agol|first3=E.|last4=Ford|first4=E. B.|last5=Morehead|first5=R. C.|last6=Cochran|first6=W. D.|last7=Lissauer|first7=J. J.|last8=Adams|first8=E. R.|last9=Borucki|first9=W. J.|last10=Bryson|first10=S.|last11=Caldwell|first11=D. A.|last12=Dupree|first12=A.|last13=Jenkins|first13=J. M.|last14=Robertson|first14=P.|last15=Rowe|first15=J. F.|last16=Seader|first16=S.|last17=Thompson|first17=S.|last18=Twicken|first18=J. D.|doi-access=free |display-authors=1|arxiv = 1208.3499 |bibcode = 2013MNRAS.428.1077S }} d

| star = Kepler-59

| mean_radius = 1.1 {{Earth radius|link=y}}

| mass = <1.37 {{Earth mass|sym=y|link=y}}

}}

Kepler-59b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-59, located in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered by the Kepler telescope in August 2012. It completes an orbit around its parent star once every 11.9 days. It has a radius that is 1.1 times that of the Earth.