Discovery | |
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Discovered by | Sarah Ballard et al. |
Discovery date | 2011 |
Transit timing variation | |
Orbital characteristics | |
< 160 d | |
Physical characteristics | |
Mass | < 6 Mj |
Kepler-19c is an extra-solar planet orbiting the star Kepler-19.
The planet was discovered as a result of examinations of data from the previously discovered exoplanet, Kepler-19b. Timing variations in the orbital period of the first planet necessitated gravitational forces to be acting upon the planet, resulting from an additional body in the vicinity, acting to cause a variation of transition of five minutes per orbit. The lead author of the paper announcing the discovery was Sarah Ballard.