Kepler-62: A five-planet system with planets of 1.4 and 1.6 Earth radii in the Habitable Zone

Autor: Borucki, W. J., Agol, E., Fressin, F., Kaltenegger, L., Rowe, J., Isaacson, H., Fischer, D., Batalha, N., Lissauer, J. J., Marcy, G. W., Fabrycky, D., Désert, J. -M., Bryson, S. T., Barclay, T., Bastien, F., Boss, A., Brugamyer, E., Buchhave, L. A., Burke, Chris, Caldwell, D. A., Carter, J., Charbonneau, D., Crepp, J. R., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Christiansen, J. L., Ciardi, D., Cochran, W. D., DeVore, E., Doyle, L., Dupree, A. K., Endl, M., Everett, M. E., Ford, E. B., Fortney, J., Gautier III, T. N., Geary, J. C., Gould, A., Haas, M., Henze, C., Howard, A. W., Howell, S. B., Huber, D., Jenkins, J. M., Kjeldsen, H., Kolbl, R., Kolodziejczak, J., Latham, D. W., Lee, B. L., Lopez, E., Mullally, F., Orosz, J. A., Prsa, A., Quintana, E. V., Sanchez-Ojeda, R., Sasselov, D., Seader, S., Shporer, A., Steffen, J. H., Still, M., Tenenbaum, P., Thompson, S. E., Torres, G., Twicken, J. D., Welsh, W. F., Winn, J. N.
Rok vydání: 2013
Předmět:
Zdroj: Science Express / http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/recent / 18 April 2013 / Page 1/ 10.1126/science.1234702
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1126/science.1234702
Popis: We present the detection of five planets -- Kepler-62b, c, d, e, and f -- of size 1.31, 0.54, 1.95, 1.61 and 1.41 Earth radii, orbiting a K2V star at periods of 5.7, 12.4, 18.2, 122.4 and 267.3 days, respectively. The outermost planets (Kepler-62e & -62f) are super-Earth-size (1.25 < planet radius/earth radius < 2.0) planets in the habitable zone (HZ) of their host star, receiving 1.2 +- 0.2 and 0.41 +- 0.05 times the solar flux at Earth's orbit. Theoretical models of Kepler-62e and -62f for a stellar age of ~7 Gyr suggest that both planets could be solid: either with a rocky composition or composed of mostly solid water in their bulk.
Comment: Published online 18 April 2013 in Science Express
Databáze: arXiv