Kepler-88 System

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Brightest star to host a transiting planet. A blue star a 385 ly away. The transiting planet had the nickname "The King of Transit Variations", a Neptune sized planet that is half as dense (sub-Saturnian?). The second is the first planet discovered by the transit variation timing technique to be confirmed by dopplar spectrometry, and is a Jovian. The planets are near the 1:2 resonance.

Kepler-88 System Web Pages

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-88

Kepler-88 System In the News

Transit Timing Variation Planet Confirmed (2013)

• http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2014/01/aa23067-13/aa23067-13.html
• http://earthsky.org/space/unseen-exoplanet-predicted-now-confirmed
• http://spaceref.com/extrasolar-planets/first-detection-of-a-predicted-unseen-exoplanet.html

Planets Near 1:2 Resonance (2013)

• http://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2014/01/aa23067-13/aa23067-13.html

See Also

• Aliases: KOI-142 System
• Transit Timing Variation Exoplanets, Bright Stars With Transiting Planets