According to the sharing made by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, or TUBITAK for short, Turkish astronomers discovered two more giant planets in the size of Jupiter in the previously discovered Kepler-451 system. Here are the details…
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Turkish astronomers discovered 2 new planets in TUBITAK supported program
In the social media sharing made by TÜBİTAK, it was said that two planets were discovered 1336 light years away in the “Exoplanet Discovery with Timing Method” project carried out with the support of the TÜBİTAK 1001 Program. It was also shared that the planets are named Kepler-451c and Kepler-451d.
Mustafa Varank, Minister of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey, who shared on the subject, said:
Planets discovered around double stars for the first time in Turkey!🪐
The coordinator of the @Tubitak supported project, @AnkaraUni Faculty Member Assoc. Dr. Congratulations to Özgür Baştürk and his team; I wish them many more successes.🔭
TÜBİTAK stated that the 1m diameter T100 telescope of the TÜBİTAK National Observatory was used for observation purposes, Kepler-451c is 1,336 light years away and 1 orbital year is 43 days, and Kepler-451d is 1,336 light years away and 1 orbital year is 1,800 days. shared.
In addition, in the post made by TÜBİTAK, the following was said:
As part of the TÜBİTAK 1001 Program support, Assoc. Dr. Two planets were discovered in the project titled “Exoplanet Discovery Using the Timing Method” led by Özgür Baştürk. For the first time in Turkey, the discovery of planets around binary stars took place.
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