Kepler-47: a transiting circumbinary multiplanet system

Jerome A. Orosz; William F. Welsh; Joshua A. Carter; Daniel C. Fabrycky; William D. Cochran; Michael Endl; Eric B. Ford; Nader Haghigipour; Philip J. MacQueen; Tsevi Mazeh; Roberto Sanchis-Ojeda; Donald R. Short; Guillermo Torres; Eric Agol; Lars A. Buchhave; Laurence R. Doyle; Howard Isaacson; Jack J. Lissauer; Geoffrey W. Marcy; Avi Shporer; Gur Windmiller; Thomas Barclay; Alan P. Boss; Bruce D. Clarke; Jonathan Fortney; John C. Geary; Matthew J. Holman; Daniel Huber; Jon M. Jenkins; Karen Kinemuchi; Ethan Kruse; Darin Ragozzine; Dimitar Sasselov; Martin Still; Peter Tenenbaum; Kamal Uddin; Joshua N. Winn; David G. Koch; William J. Borucki

doi:10.1126/science.1228380

Kepler-47: a transiting circumbinary multiplanet system

Jerome A. Orosz, William F. Welsh, Joshua A. Carter, Daniel C. Fabrycky, William D. Cochran, Michael Endl, Eric B. Ford, Nader Haghigipour, Philip J. MacQueen, Tsevi Mazeh, Roberto Sanchis-Ojeda, Donald R. Short, Guillermo Torres, Eric Agol, Lars A. Buchhave, Laurence R. Doyle, Howard Isaacson, Jack J. Lissauer, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Avi ShporerGur Windmiller, Thomas Barclay, Alan P. Boss, Bruce D. Clarke, Jonathan Fortney, John C. Geary, Matthew J. Holman, Daniel Huber, Jon M. Jenkins, Karen Kinemuchi, Ethan Kruse, Darin Ragozzine, Dimitar Sasselov, Martin Still, Peter Tenenbaum, Kamal Uddin, Joshua N. Winn, David G. Koch, William J. Borucki

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We report the detection of Kepler-47, a system consisting of two planets orbiting around an eclipsing pair of stars. The inner and outer planets have radii 3.0 and 4.6 times that of Earth, respectively. The binary star consists of a Sun-like star and a companion roughly one-third its size, orbiting each other every 7.45 days. With an orbital period of 49.5 days, 18 transits of the inner planet have been observed, allowing a detailed characterization of its orbit and those of the stars. The outer planet's orbital period is 303.2 days, and although the planet is not Earth-like, it resides within the classical "habitable zone," where liquid water could exist on an Earth-like planet. With its two known planets, Kepler-47 establishes that close binary stars can host complete planetary systems.

Original language	English
Journal	Science
Volume	337
Issue number	6101
Pages (from-to)	1511-1514
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0036-8075
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1228380
Publication status	Published - 21 Sept 2012

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Orosz, J. A., Welsh, W. F., Carter, J. A., Fabrycky, D. C., Cochran, W. D., Endl, M., Ford, E. B., Haghigipour, N., MacQueen, P. J., Mazeh, T., Sanchis-Ojeda, R., Short, D. R., Torres, G., Agol, E., Buchhave, L. A., Doyle, L. R., Isaacson, H., Lissauer, J. J., Marcy, G. W., ... Borucki, W. J. (2012). Kepler-47: a transiting circumbinary multiplanet system. Science, 337(6101), 1511-1514. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1228380

Orosz, JA, Welsh, WF, Carter, JA, Fabrycky, DC, Cochran, WD, Endl, M, Ford, EB, Haghigipour, N, MacQueen, PJ, Mazeh, T, Sanchis-Ojeda, R, Short, DR, Torres, G, Agol, E, Buchhave, LA, Doyle, LR, Isaacson, H, Lissauer, JJ, Marcy, GW, Shporer, A, Windmiller, G, Barclay, T, Boss, AP, Clarke, BD, Fortney, J, Geary, JC, Holman, MJ, Huber, D, Jenkins, JM, Kinemuchi, K, Kruse, E, Ragozzine, D, Sasselov, D, Still, M, Tenenbaum, P, Uddin, K, Winn, JN, Koch, DG & Borucki, WJ 2012, 'Kepler-47: a transiting circumbinary multiplanet system', Science, vol. 337, no. 6101, pp. 1511-1514. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1228380

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