Kepler-442b

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Kepler-442b

Summary

Kepler-442b is an exoplanet[1]. Kepler-442b ranks in the top 2% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kepler-442b is credited with the discovery of Kepler Space Telescope[3].
  • Kepler-442b's image is recorded as Kepler442b(comp).jpg[4].
  • Kepler-442b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[5].
  • Kepler-442b's constellation is recorded as Lyra[6].
  • Kepler-442b's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as Kepler Space Telescope[7].
  • Kepler-442b's spectral class is recorded as K3V (uncertain)[8].
  • Kepler-442b's Commons category is recorded as Kepler (spacecraft)[9].
  • Kepler-442b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Q20049268[10].
  • Kepler-442b's catalog code is recorded as Kepler-442b[11].
  • Kepler-442b's catalog code is recorded as KOI-4742.01[12].
  • Kepler-442b's catalog code is recorded as KOI-4742b[13].
  • Kepler-442b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 120499135b[14].
  • Kepler-442b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2015-02-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Kepler-442b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012m5p_w[16].
  • Kepler-442b's located in/on physical feature is recorded as circumstellar habitable zone[17].
  • Kepler-442b's discovery method is recorded as transit method[18].
  • Kepler-442b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.04'}[19].
  • Kepler-442b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+89.94'}[20].
  • Kepler-442b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1155470', 'amount': '+1.395'}[21].
  • Kepler-442b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+112.303409656'}[22].
  • Kepler-442b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+2.7037'}[23].
  • Kepler-442b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.409'}[24].
  • Kepler-442b's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+1120'}[25].
  • Kepler-442b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as Kepler-442b[26].
  • Kepler-442b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "Kepler442b"][27].

Body

Designation and Status

Kepler-442b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include Kepler-442b[11], KOI-4742.01[12], KOI-4742b[13], and TIC 120499135b[14].

Why It Matters

Kepler-442b ranks in the top 2% of exoplanet entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (296 views/month).[2] Kepler-442b has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Validation of 12 small Kepler transiting planets in the habitable zone. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Validation of 12 small Kepler transiting planets in the habitable zone. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Validation of 12 small Kepler transiting planets in the habitable zone. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Validation of 12 small Kepler transiting planets in the habitable zone. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Validation of 12 small Kepler transiting planets in the habitable zone. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Revised Radii of Kepler Stars and Planets Using Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Transit Timing Variations and linear ephemerides of confirmed Kepler transiting exoplanets. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Validation of 12 small Kepler transiting planets in the habitable zone. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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