Kepler-33b

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Kepler-33b is an extrasolar planet orbiting Kepler-33 in the constellation Cygnus. It is one of five planets orbiting Kepler-33.

DiscoveredbyJack Lissauer
DiscoverysiteMoffett Field, California
DiscoverydateJanuary 26, 2012
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Kepler-33b
The size of Kepler-33b as compared to Earth and Jupiter
Discovery[1]
Discovered byJack Lissauer
Discovery siteMoffett Field, California
Discovery dateJanuary 26, 2012
Transit
Designations
KOI-707.05[2]
Orbital characteristics
0.0677±0.0014 AU[3]
Eccentricity0
5.66793±0.00012 d[3]
Inclination86.39±1.17°[3]
90°[2]
2454964.8981±0.0075 jd[2]
Physical characteristics
0.16±0.02 RJ[3]
3.6g[2]
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    Discovery

    Kepler-33b was, along with twenty-six other planets in eleven different planetary systems, confirmed to be a planet on January 26, 2012.[1][4]

    The Kepler-33 system

    Kepler-33b orbits its host star with 4 other planets. All five planets orbit its star closer than Mercury does to the Sun.[5] Of those five, Kepler-33b is closest.[4] All Kepler-33 planets are too close to be in the habitable zone.[6]

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