Kepler-68 system
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| Discovery date | February 12, 2013 |
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| Periastron | 1.148 AU |
| Apoastron | 1.652 AU |
| 1.4±0.03 AU[1] | |
| Eccentricity | 0.18 ± 0.05 |
| 580±50 d | |
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| Mass | ≥0.947 Mj |
Kepler-68d is a gas giant with the minimum mass about the same as Jupiter. It is at least a jovian-mass planet orbiting 1.4 astronomical units from its parent star, Kepler-68, well within habitable zone of the star.[2] It was detected by radial velocity.[3]
After planets Kepler-68b and c were detected by observing planetary transits in front of its star, doppler spectroscopy measurements were used to make follow-up observations of the star. Kepler-68d was discovered using that method.
