Showing posts with label KID 12735740. Show all posts
Showing posts with label KID 12735740. Show all posts

Sunday, July 29, 2012

KID 12735740 Possible Planet in Habitable Zone













Two transits for KID 12735740/ APH41073743  have been observed by Planet Hunters Talk members, up through quarter nine of the public data released by Kepler. Here is Kian Jek's comment:

"Just two transits so far but they stack so beautifully. Not only that, the profile is probably looking more like a PC (Planet Candidate) than an EB (Eclipsing Binary). Estimated 1.12x RJ planet at 0.862AU. With a Teq of 292K, it's in the HZ!"



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