EXOMOON SPECIAL | The Nature of our Exomoon Candidate

Prof Kipping is the principal investigator of a project which has been searching for exomoons over recent years and in our latest research paper we've find exciting evidence that the exoplanet Kepler-1625b appears to host a Neptune-sized moon. The embargo on our paper in Science Advances has just lifted and we wanted to give our viewers a Cool Worlds exclusive! In one two videos we've shot, David explains some of the history of our project, how we came to observe this planet and the properties and potential reality of our exomoon candidate.

► Companion Video by Alex Teachey

► "Did we find an exomoon?" earlier video on Kepler1625

► "An Update on our Exomoon Candidate" earlier video

== Referenced papers ==

► Teachey, A. & Kipping, D., 2018, "Evidence for an Exomoon Orbiting Kepler-1625b", Science Advances

► Teachey, A., Kipping, D. & Schmitt, A., 2018, "HEK. VI. On the Dearth of Galilean Analogs in Kepler, and the Exomoon Candidate Kepler1625b I", Astronomical Journal, 155, 36

► Nesvorný, D., Kipping, D., Buchhave, L., Bakos, G. Á., Hartman, J. & Schmitt, A., 2012, "Discovery and Characterization of a NonTransiting Planet Through Transit Timing Variations", Science, 336, 1133

► Wakeford, H. R., Sing, D. K., Evans, T., Deming, D., Mandell, A., 2016, "Marginalizing Instrument Systematics in HST WFC3 Transit Light Curves", ApJ, 819, 10

► Cilibrasi, M. et al., 2018, "Satellites Form Fast & Latea Population Synthesis for the Galilean Moons", MNRAS, 480, 4355

== Previous HEK papers ==

► Kipping, D., Schmitt, A., Huang, X., Torres, G., Nesvorný, D., Buchhave, L., Hartman, J. & Bakos, G., 2015, "The Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler (HEK)V. A Survey of 41 Planetary Candidates for Exomoons", ApJ, 813, 14

► Kipping, D., Huang, X., Nesvorny, D., Torres, G., Buchhave, L., Bakos, G. & Schmitt, A., 2014, "The Possible Moon of Kepler90g is a False Positive", ApJL, 799, L14

► Kipping, D., Nesvorný, D., Buchhave, L. A., Hartman, J., Bakos, G. Á. & Schmitt, A. R., 2014, "The Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler (HEK)IV. A Search for Moons around MDwarfs", ApJ, 784, 28

► Kipping, D., Forgan, D., Hartman, J., Nesvorny, D., Bakos, G. Á., Schmitt, A., Buchhave, L. A., 2013, "The Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler (HEK)III. The First Search for an Exomoon around a HabitableZone Planet", ApJ, 777, 134