Saturday, August 4, 2012

KIC 5871985 Planet Candidate at Planet Hunters

KIC 5871985 is a planet candidate identified by Planet Hunters forum Talk members.


Here is Kian Jek's comment:

"Folded by hand to obtain a 213.25d period. Measured depth of 1939 ppm (0.001939) and duration of 8.65h, compares well with an estimated central transit of 9hr, for a 3.51x RE planet, distance of 0.615 to 0.665AU, a Teq of 198 to 206K, a little on the cold side."

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