Kepler-409b

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Kepler-409b is a super-Earth orbiting Kepler-409, a G-type main-sequence star. Its orbital period around the star is 69 days. Kepler-409b has a radius 1.199 times that of Earth and a mass 6 times that of Earth. Its discovery in 2014 was made through the use of the transit detection method. The transit method was performed by the Kepler space telescope.[1]

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Kepler-409b
Discovery
Discovered byKepler space telescope
Discovery date2014
Transit
Designations
KOI-1925, KIC 9955598[1]
Orbital characteristics[2]
0.3192 AU
Eccentricity<0.69
68.9583216±0.0000039 d
Inclination86.30±0.13
StarKepler-409
Physical characteristics
1.199 R🜨
Mass<6 M🜨
Mean density
<19 g/cm3
Temperature438±7 K
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Possible exomoon

In 2020, a possible exomoon was discovered from transit timing variations.[3] Follow-up observations deemed it unlikely.[4]

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