Kepler-22 b
exoplanet orbiting around Kepler-22
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Summary
Kepler-22 b is an unconfirmed exoplanet[1]. It draws 6,337 Wikipedia views per month (unconfirmed exoplanet category, ranking #4 of 19).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Kepler Space Telescope[3]
- Instance of: exoplanet[4]
- Constellation: Cygnus[5]
- Site of astronomical discovery: Kepler Space Telescope[6]
- Named after: Kepler-22[7]
- Commons category: Kepler-22 b[8]
- Parent astronomical body: Kepler-22[9]
- Catalog code: KOI-87.01[10], Kepler-22b[11], KOI-87b[12], TIC 158984573b[13]
- Time of discovery or invention: December 5, 2011[14], February 2012[15]
- Located in/on physical feature: circumstellar habitable zone[16]
- Discovery method: transit method[17]
- Orbital eccentricity: 0.0[18], 0.72[19]
- Orbital inclination: 89.764 degree[20]
- Mass: 36 Earth mass[21], 9.1 Earth mass[22], 0.0286 Jupiter mass[23]
- Radius: 2.25 Earth radius[24], 2.04 Earth radius[25], 2.1 Earth radius[26], 0.212 Jupiter radius[27], 0.187 Jupiter radius[28]
- Orbital period: 289.86387644 day[29], 289.864456 day[30], 289.8623 day[31], 289.863876 day[32]
- Parallax: 5.1088 milliarcsecond[33]
- Semi-major axis of an orbit: 0.849 astronomical unit[34], 0.812 astronomical unit[35]
- Diameter: 30,900 km[36]
- Distance from Earth: 620 light-year[37]
- Right ascension: 289.21746007996455 degree[38]
- Declination: 47.88442987003722 degree[39]
- Epoch: J2000.0[40]
- Declination component of proper motion: -66.687 milliarcsecond per year[41]
- Right ascension component of proper motion: -39.717 milliarcsecond per year[42]
Why It Matters
Kepler-22 b has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]