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Kepler-79

(KOI-152, 2MASS J20020411+4422536)
(star with four super-puff planets)

Kepler-79 is a star with four extra-solar planets noted for being super-puffs (low-density planets, apparently super-Earths with atmospheres much more extensive than Earth's). Characteristics:

planet mass(Earth) radius(Earth) orbital radius(AU) orbital period(days)
Kepler-79b 10.9 3.47 0.117 13
Kepler-79c 5.9 3.72 0.187 27
Kepler-79d 6.0 7.16 0.287 52
Kepler-79e 4.1 3.49 0.386 81

For comparison, a planet of Earth's density but three times Earth's radius would have 27 times Earth's mass: the most dense of these, Kepler-79b has only ~11 times Earth's mass, so if it is rocky, then much of its large radius (~3.5 times Earth's) must be atmosphere. Note that the orbital periods of the planets are reliably determined, but the other characteristics are derived through analysis and have considerable uncertainty, particularly their masses.


(star,exoplanets)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiplanetary_systems
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...785...15J/abstract
http://www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com/planet/Kepler-79%20b/
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=kepler-79
https://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/overview/Kepler-79
RedshiftParsecs
/Distance
Lightyears
/Lookback Years
  
~01kpc3.30klyKepler-79
Coordinates:Kepler-79
200204.11+442253.65

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