Kepler-296b

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Kepler-296b
Discovery [1]
Discovery date2014
Transit [2]
Orbital characteristics [1]
0.079±0.013 AU
Eccentricity < 0.33 [2]
10.8644+0.0001
−0.0000
Physical characteristics [1]
1.6±0.3 R🜨 (0.14+0.03
−0.02RJ)
Mass 3.22 M🜨 [2]
    The following plot shows the approximate sizes of the planets in this system compared to planets in the Solar System. Kepler296scale.png
    The following plot shows the approximate sizes of the planets in this system compared to planets in the Solar System.

    Kepler-296b is an s-type exoplanet located in the binary star system Kepler-296. All 5 planets in this system orbit around the primary star.

    It has been classed as a hot superterran.

    It was discovered by the Kepler space telescope in 2014 using the transit method and was originally classed as a planet candidate, but during a study [4] by members of the NASA Ames Research Center on two other planets in the Kepler-296 system, Kepler-296f and Kepler-296e, they were able to confirm that Kepler-296b is an exoplanet with "more than 99% confidence".

    Data

    As with most other exoplanets, not many parameters are known about Kepler-296b. The few that are, are listed in the infobox to the right.

    References

    1. 1 2 3 "Open Exoplanet Catalogue - Kepler-296 b". www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
    2. 1 2 3 "Kepler-296b". EXOPLANET EXPLOARATION NASA. NASA. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
    3. ↑ "Open Exoplanet Catalogue - Kepler-296 b". www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
    4. ↑ "Astronomers Catalog Planets That May Be Earthlike". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Retrieved 2021-03-17.
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