Kepler-59b

Kepler-59b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-59, located in the constellation Lyra. It was discovered by the Kepler telescope in August 2012. It completes an orbit around its parent star once every 11.9 days.^[1] It has a radius that is 1.1 times that of the Earth.^[1]

Kepler-59b

Discovery
Discovered by	Jason H. Steffen et al.[1]
Discovery date	16 August 2012
Detection method	Transit method
Orbital characteristics
Orbital period (sidereal)	11.8681707 ± 0.00036[1] d
Star	Kepler-59
Physical characteristics
Mean radius	1.1[1] R🜨
Mass	<1.37 [1] M🜨