Flashcards: Transiting exoplanets

Kepler-32c (alt. name KOI 952.02) is an extrasolar planet in orbit around its M-dwarf-type star in the Kepler-32 system, constellation of Cygnus.

Kepler-16b (formally Kepler-16 (AB)-b) is an extrasolar planet.

Kepler-32b (alt. name KOI 952.01) is an extrasolar planet in orbit around its M-dwarf-type star in the Kepler-32 system, constellation of Cygnus.

HAT-P-5b is a transiting extrasolar planet located approximately 1100 light-years away in the constellation of Lyra, orbiting the star HAT-P-5.

Kepler-18 is a star with almost the same mass as the Sun in the Cygnus constellation with 3 confirmed planets, announced in 2011.

Kepler-42 c, previously KOI-961.

Kepler-20b is an exoplanet orbiting Kepler-20.

Kepler-20c is an exoplanet orbiting Kepler-20.

Kepler-20d is an exoplanet orbiting Kepler-20.

COROT-6b (previously named COROT-Exo-6b) is an exoplanet that was reportedly discovered by the COROT mission team on February 2, 2009 orbiting the unidentified star COROT-6.

HAT-P-13c is a substellar object orbiting the star HAT-P-13 located 698 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Ursa Major.

OGLE-TR-132b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star OGLE-TR-132.

Kepler-23b is an exoplanet orbiting Kepler-23, located in the Cygnus constellation.

WASP-4b is an extrasolar planet approximately 1,000 light-years away in the constellation of Phoenix.

TrES-3b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star GSC 03089-00929.

HAT-P-7b (or Kepler-2b) is an extrasolar planet discovered in 2008.

COROT-4b (formerly known as COROT-Exo-4b) is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star COROT-4.

WASP-7b is an extrasolar planet discovered in 2008.

Kepler-186f (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-571.05) is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf Kepler-186, about 560 light-years (171 parsecs, or nearly 5.298×1015 km) from the Earth.

Kepler-283c is an exoplanet orbiting the K-type star, Kepler-283 every 93 days in the circumstellar habitable zone.

OGLE-TR-182b is a transiting extrasolar planet.

OGLE-TR-211b is a transiting planet in Carina constellation.

XO-4b is an extrasolar planet approximately 956 light years away in the constellation of Lynx.

SWEEPS-04 is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star SWEEPS J175853.

HAT-P-9b is an exoplanet approximately 1560 light years away in the constellation Auriga.

HAT-P-12b is an extrasolar planet approximately 465 light years away from Earth, orbiting the 13th magnitude K-type star HAT-P-12, which is located in Canes Venatici constellation.

XO-5b is an extrasolar planet approximately 850 light years away in the constellation of Lynx.

HAT-P-13b is an extrasolar planet approximately 700 light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

Lupus-TR-3b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star Lupus-TR-3 (a K-type main sequence star approximately 8,950 light-years away in the constellation Lupus).

OGLE-TR-111b is an extrasolar planet approximately 5,000 light-years away in the constellation of Carina (the Keel).

SWEEPS-11 is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star SWEEPS J175902.

COROT-5b (previously named COROT-Exo-5b) is an extrasolar planet orbiting the unidentified star COROT-5.

WASP-6b is an extrasolar planet approximately 1000 light years away in the constellation Aquarius.

XO-2 Is a binary star.

HD 219134 b (or HR 8832 b) is one of seven exoplanets orbiting HR 8832, a main-sequence star in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

Kepler-56 is a star roughly 2,800 light years away with slightly more mass than the Sun.

OGLE-TR-56b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 1500 parsecs away in the constellation of Sagittarius, orbiting the star OGLE-TR-56.

Kepler-80 is a star in the constellation Cygnus with five planets.

HAT-P-14b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 205 parsecs (670 ly) away in the constellation of Hercules, orbiting the 10th magnitude F-type star HAT-P-14.

Kepler-438b (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-3284.01) is a confirmed near-Earth-sized exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting on the inner edge of the habitable zone of the red dwarf as it receives 1.

Kepler-442b (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-4742.01) is a confirmed near-Earth-sized exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within the habitable zone of the K-type main-sequence star Kepler-442, about 1,120 light-years (342 parsecs, or nearly 1.0553×1016 km) from Earth in the constellation Lyra.

Kepler-23c is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-23, located in the constellation Cygnus.

Kepler- 23d is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-23, located in the constellation Cygnus.

Kepler- 24c is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-24, located in the constellation Cygnus.

Kepler-25b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star Kepler-25, located in the constellation Cygnus.

Kepler-25c is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-25.

SWEEPS-10 is an extrasolar planet that, from June 2007 to August 2011, was the planet candidate with the shortest orbital period yet found, until PSR J1719-1438 b was discovered in 2011 with an even shorter orbit.

Kepler-15b is a planet discovered by the Kepler spacecraft.

Kepler-68b is an exoplanet orbiting the Sun-like star Kepler-68 in the constellation of Cygnus.

Kepler-68c is an Earth-sized planet orbiting the star Kepler-68 in the constellation of Cygnus.

Kepler-66 is a star with slightly more mass than the Sun in the NGC 6811 open cluster in the Cygnus constellation and has one confirmed planet, slightly smaller than Neptune, announced in 2013.

Kepler-67 is a star with slightly less mass than the Sun in the NGC 6811 open cluster in the Cygnus constellation and has one confirmed planet, slightly smaller than Neptune, announced in 2013.

WASP-48b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star WASP-48 in the constellation Cygnus.

Kepler-87c is a planet orbiting Kepler-87, a star slightly more massive than the Sun and nearing the end of its main-sequence period.

K2-72c is a small exoplanet orbiting around the red dwarf star K2-72 approximately 227.

K2-72b is a small exoplanet orbiting around the red dwarf star K2-72 approximately 227.

HIP 116454 b, or K2-2 b, is an exoplanet orbiting the star HIP 116454, 55 parsecs (180 ly) from Earth toward the constellation Pisces.

WASP-14b is an extrasolar planet discovered in 2008 by SuperWASP using the transit method.

Kepler-421b is an exoplanet that, as of July 2014, has the longest known year of any transiting planet (704 days), although not as long as the planets that have been directly imaged, or many of the planets found by the radial-velocity method, or as long as some transiting planet candidates which are listed as planets in the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia (KIC 5010054 b etc.).

Kepler-453b is a circumbinary exoplanet in the Binary-star system Kepler-453.

KELT-4Ab is an extrasolar planet that orbits the star KELT-4A, in the star system KELT-4.

OGLE-TR-113b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the star OGLE-TR-113.

Kepler-65 is a star slightly more massive than the Sun and has at least three planets.

K2-18b also known as EPIC 201912552 b is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star K2-18 every 33 days 111 ly away in the constellation Leo.

K2-21b also known as EPIC 206011691 b is an exoplanet orbiting K2-21 a red dwarf, every 9.

K2-21c also known as EPIC 206011691 c is an exoplanet orbiting K2-21 a red dwarf, every 15.

K2-22b (also known as EPIC 201637175 b) is an exoplanet 734 ly from Earth, rapidly orbiting the red dwarf K2-22 with an orbital period of 9.

K2-3b also known as EPIC 201367065 b is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf K2-3 every 10 days.

K2-3c also known as EPIC 201367065 c is an exoplanet orbiting K2-3 a red dwarf, every 24 days 137 ly away.

K2-72e (also known by its EPIC designation EPIC 206209135.04), is a confirmed exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star K2-72, the outermost of four such planets discovered in the system by NASA's Kepler spacecraft on its "Second Light" mission.

OGLE2-TR-L9b is an extrasolar planet discovered by three undergraduate students from Leiden University, Netherlands.

Kepler-88 is a Sun-like star with two confirmed planets.

Kepler-90h (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-351.01) is an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the early G-type main sequence star Kepler-90, the outermost of seven such planets discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft.

Kepler-447b is a confirmed exoplanet.

Kepler-445c is an exoplanet orbiting the Red dwarf star Kepler-445 every 5 days in the inner edge of the circumstellar habitable zone.

Kepler-445b is an exoplanet orbiting the Red dwarf star Kepler-445 every 3 days.

Kepler-445d is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf Kepler-445 every 8 days in the circumstellar habitable zone.

Kepler-419c (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-1474.02) is a super-Jupiter exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the star Kepler-419, the outermost of two such planets discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft.

WASP-22b is an extrasolar planet orbiting the Sun-like star WASP-22 300 parsecs (980 ly) in the constellation Orion.

WASP-21b is an exoplanet orbiting the star WASP-21.

TRAPPIST-1b is an exoplanet orbiting around the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 approximately 40 light-years away in the constellation Aquarius.

Kepler-1638 b is an exoplanet in orbit of its star, Kepler-1638, located in the constellation Cygnus.

Kepler-1229b (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-2418.01) is a confirmed super-Earth exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Kepler-1229, located about 770 light years (236 parsecs, or nearly 7.285×1015 km) from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus.

TRAPPIST-1d (also known as 2MASS J23062928-0502285 d) is an exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within or slightly outside the habitable zone around the ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 approximately 40 light-years (12.1 parsecs, or nearly 3.7336×1014 km) away from Earth in the constellation of Aquarius.

Kepler-444 (or KOI-3158, KIC 6278762, 2MASS J19190052+4138043, BD+41 3306) is a star, estimated to be 11.

Kepler-37c is an extrasolar planet (exoplanet) discovered by the Kepler space telescope in February 2013.

Kepler-37d is an extrasolar planet (exoplanet) discovered by the Kepler space telescope in February 2013.