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Kepler-68b

Summary

Kepler-68b is an exoplanet[1]. Kepler-68b draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #95 of 578).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kepler-68b is credited with the discovery of Kepler Space Telescope[3].
  • Kepler-68b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[4].
  • Kepler-68b's constellation is recorded as Cygnus[5].
  • Kepler-68b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Kepler-68[6].
  • Kepler-68b's catalog code is recorded as KOI-246.01[7].
  • Kepler-68b's catalog code is recorded as Kepler-68b[8].
  • Kepler-68b's catalog code is recorded as Kepler-68Ab[9].
  • Kepler-68b's catalog code is recorded as BD+48 2893b[10].
  • Kepler-68b's catalog code is recorded as TOI-1290.01[11].
  • Kepler-68b's catalog code is recorded as KOI-246b[12].
  • Kepler-68b's catalog code is recorded as Kepler-68 Ab[13].
  • Kepler-68b's catalog code is recorded as TOI-1290b[14].
  • Kepler-68b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 417676622b[15].
  • Kepler-68b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2013-02-12T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Kepler-68b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2013-03-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Kepler-68b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0r8plj7[18].
  • Kepler-68b's discovery method is recorded as transit method[19].
  • Kepler-68b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.09'}[20].
  • Kepler-68b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+87.6'}[21].
  • Kepler-68b's M sin i is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q651336', 'amount': '+0.02655680397'}[22].
  • Kepler-68b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q681996', 'amount': '+7.65'}[23].
  • Kepler-68b's temperature is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11579', 'amount': '+1280.0'}[24].
  • Kepler-68b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1155470', 'amount': '+2.309'}[25].
  • Kepler-68b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+5.3987525913'}[26].
  • Kepler-68b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+6.9076'}[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Kepler-68b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[4].

History and Context

Catalog codes include KOI-246.01[7], Kepler-68b[8], Kepler-68Ab[9], BD+48 2893b[10], TOI-1290.01[11], and KOI-246b[12].

Why It Matters

Kepler-68b draws 2 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #95 of 578).[2]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Kepler-68: three planets, one with a density between that of earth and ice giants. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Kepler-68: three planets, one with a density between that of earth and ice giants. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Cold Jupiters and improved masses in 38 Kepler and K2 small-planet systems from 3661 high-precision HARPS-N radial velocities. No excess of cold Jupiters in small-planet systems. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Accurate Empirical Radii and Masses of Planets and Their Host Stars with Gaia Parallaxes. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . The Kepler Giant Planet Search. I: A Decade of Kepler Planet-host Radial Velocities from W. M. Keck Observatory. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Long-period giant companions to three compact, multiplanet systems. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . The Kepler Giant Planet Search. I: A Decade of Kepler Planet-host Radial Velocities from W. M. Keck Observatory. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Transit Timing Variations and linear ephemerides of confirmed Kepler transiting exoplanets. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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