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DISCOVERY OF THE TRANSITING PLANET KEPLER-5b

DISCOVERY OF THE TRANSITING PLANET KEPLER-5b

We present 44 days of high duty cycle, ultra precise photometry of the 13th magnitude star Kepler-5 (KIC 8191672, Teff=6300 K, logg=4.1), which exhibits periodic transits with a depth of 0.7%. Detailed modeling of the transit is consistent with a planetary companion with an orbital period of 3.548460+/-0.000032 days and …