Kepler-14b
Kepler-14b is an extrasolar planet in orbit around the primary star of the binary Kepler-14 system. It is currently the only planet known to exist in this star system. Kepler-14b is 8.4 times the mass of Jupiter and has a radius 1.14 times that of Jupiter, and it orbits its host star every 6.79 days. It was discovered by NASA-led Kepler mission, which noted the planet as a planetary candidate as early as March 2009, around the same time as the discovery of the first five planets discovered by Kepler (Kepler-4b to Kepler-8b). However, the team was unable to confirm the planet until extensive follow-up observations, as high-resolution imaging resolved the star Kepler-14 as a closely orbiting binary system. The Kepler team would have not noticed that Kepler-14 was a binary star based solely on initial radial velocity measurements (a standard method for confirming a planet's existence), and found that if they had not realized this, their data on Kepler-14b would have been very inaccurate.
Q50053
binary
Concept
Q3195370
Kepler-14
CEL
Q47272
Kepler mission
MISC
Q1153626
Kepler-4b
CEL
Q1204153
Kepler-8b
CEL
Q240105
radial velocity
Concept
Q3195372
Kepler-14b
CEL
Q3195372
Kepler-14b
CEL
Q3195372
Kepler-14b
CEL
2009-03-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
March 2009
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-14^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-14
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-14^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-14
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-14^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-14
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+8.4^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
8.4
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+1.14^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1.14
NUMBER
+6.79^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
6.79
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-4^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-4
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-8^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-8
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-14^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-14
NUMBER
-14^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-14
NUMBER
-14^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
-14
NUMBER
parent astronomical body
mass
discoverer or inventor
discoverer or inventor
discoverer or inventor