Kepler-37d

Kepler-37d is an extrasolar planet (exoplanet) discovered by the Kepler space telescope in February 2013.^[1] It is located 210 light years away,^[2] in the constellation Lyra.^[1] With an orbital period of 40 days,^[2] it is the largest of the three known planets orbiting its parent star Kepler-37.^[2]

References

1 2 Black, Charles. "NASA's Kepler discovers small planet system". SEN TV LIMITED. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
1 2 3 Harwood, William. "Kepler telescope spots smallest exoplanet yet". Spaceflight Now Inc. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

The Kepler-37 system

Stars	Kepler-37

Planets	Kepler-37b Kepler-37c Kepler-37d Kepler-37e

Main topics

Terrestrial	Carbon planet Coreless planet Desert planet Dwarf planet Ice planet Iron planet Lava planet Mega-Earth Ocean planet Sub-Earth Super-Earth

Gaseous	Chthonian planet Eccentric Jupiter Gas dwarf Helium planet Hot Jupiter Hot Neptune Ice giant Mini-Neptune Super-Jupiter

Other types	Brown dwarf Circumbinary planet Double planet Mesoplanet Planemo Planetesimal Protoplanet Pulsar planet Sub-brown dwarf Ultra-cool dwarf

Formation and
evolution

Catalogues

Other

2013 in space

Space probes	LADEE Mars Orbiter Mission MAVEN Chang'e 3 Yutu

Space observatories	IRIS Hisaki Gaia

Others

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