Kepler-89

Kepler-89

Kepler-89

Star in the constellation Cygnus


Kepler-89 is a star with four confirmed planets. Kepler-89 is a possible wide binary star.[5]

Quick Facts Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000, Constellation ...

Planetary system

The discovery of four planets orbiting the star was announced October 2012 by analyzing data gathered by Kepler space telescope.[3] Follow-up radial velocity measurements confirmed the existence of Kepler-89d, indicating that Kepler-89d is slightly larger and more massive than Saturn.[6] In October 2013, other three planets were confirmed with Kepler-89c and Kepler-89e getting reasonable mass constraints. Transit-timing variations of the outermost planet suggest that additional planets or minor bodies are present in the system.[7]

In 2012, a partial transit of the second outermost planet by the outermost planet was reported. This was the first time a planet-planet transit in front of the star was detected.[8][3] This allowed to determine the mutual inclination of the planets d and e to be 1.15°.[7]

Stephen R. Kane did a dynamical analysis of the Kepler-89 system that demonstrated that planets c and d, although close to the 2:1 secular resonance, are not permanently in a 2:1 resonance configuration.[9]

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References

  1. Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  2. Takahashi, Yasuhiro H.; Norio Narita; Teruyuki Hirano; Masayuki Kuzuhara; et al. (2013). "A Discovery of a Candidate Companion to a Transiting System KOI-94: A Direct Imaging Study for a Possibility of a False Positive". arXiv:1309.2559 [astro-ph.EP].
  3. "First ever discovery of planet-planet eclipse | UTokyo Research". u-tokyo.ac.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2014-01-20.

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