Kepler-1625b I

Kepler-1625b I, a possible moon of exoplanet Kepler-1625b, may be the first exomoon ever discovered (pending confirmation), and was first indicated after preliminary observations by the Kepler Space Telescope. A more thorough observing campaign by the Hubble Space Telescope took place in October 2017, ultimately leading to a discovery paper published in Science Advances in early October 2018. Studies related to the discovery of this moon suggest that the host exoplanet is up to several Jupiter masses in size, and the moon is thought to be approximately the mass of Neptune. Like several moons in the Solar System, the large exomoon would theoretically be able to host its own moon, called a subsatellite, in a stable orbit, although no evidence for such a subsatellite has been found.

Kepler-1625b I
Exomoon Kepler-1625b I orbiting exoplanet Kepler-1625b (artist concept).
Discovery
Discovered byAlex Teachey, David M. Kipping and Allan R. Schmitt
Discovery date2017
Primary transit
Orbital characteristics
Satellite ofKepler-1625b
Physical characteristics
Mean radius
0.437 RJ
Mass19.069 M🜨
0.06 MJ
Mean density
0.95 g/cm3
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