Kepler-78 b

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Kepler-78 b

Summary

Kepler-78 b is an exoplanet[1]. It draws 33 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #77 of 578).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kepler-78 b is credited with the discovery of Kepler Space Telescope[3].
  • Kepler-78 b's image is recorded as Kepler-78b.png[4].
  • Kepler-78 b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[5].
  • Kepler-78 b's constellation is recorded as Cygnus[6].
  • Kepler-78 b's Commons category is recorded as Kepler-78 b[7].
  • Kepler-78 b's parent astronomical body is recorded as Kepler-78[8].
  • Kepler-78 b's catalog code is recorded as Kepler-78b[9].
  • Kepler-78 b's catalog code is recorded as Kepler-78 Ab[10].
  • Kepler-78 b's catalog code is recorded as TIC 270701667b[11].
  • Kepler-78 b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2013-11-05T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Kepler-78 b's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +2013-09-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Kepler-78 b's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0w532t0[14].
  • Kepler-78 b's discovery method is recorded as transit method[15].
  • Kepler-78 b's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0'}[16].
  • Kepler-78 b's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+79'}[17].
  • Kepler-78 b's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q681996', 'amount': '+1.77'}[18].
  • Kepler-78 b's temperature is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11579', 'amount': '+2330.0'}[19].
  • Kepler-78 b's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1155470', 'amount': '+1.228'}[20].
  • Kepler-78 b's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q573', 'amount': '+0.35500744'}[21].
  • Kepler-78 b's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+8.0113'}[22].
  • Kepler-78 b's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q1811', 'amount': '+0.01'}[23].
  • Kepler-78 b's argument of periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+90'}[24].
  • Kepler-78 b's SIMBAD ID is recorded as Kepler-78b[25].
  • Kepler-78 b's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Exoplanet", "Kepler78b"][26].
  • Kepler-78 b's Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia exoplanet ID is recorded as kepler_78_ab--1288[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Kepler-78 b's instance of is recorded as exoplanet[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include Kepler-78b[9], Kepler-78 Ab[10], and TIC 270701667b[11].

Why It Matters

Kepler-78 b draws 33 Wikipedia views per month (exoplanet category, ranking #77 of 578).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 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] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Exoplanet Archive. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Transits and occultations of an earth-sized planet in an 8.5 hr orbit. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Transits and occultations of an earth-sized planet in an 8.5 hr orbit. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . 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.
  15. [17] . Accurate Empirical Radii and Masses of Planets and Their Host Stars with Gaia Parallaxes. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Homogeneous Analysis of Hot Earths: Masses, Sizes, and Compositions. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Homogeneous Analysis of Hot Earths: Masses, Sizes, and Compositions. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . The rvfit code : A detailed adaptive simulated annealing code for fitting binaries and exoplanets radial velocities. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Transits and occultations of an earth-sized planet in an 8.5 hr orbit. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . The rvfit code : A detailed adaptive simulated annealing code for fitting binaries and exoplanets radial velocities. 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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