Kepler-22b

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Kepler-22b is an exoplanet located in its star’s habitable zone and was one of the first such worlds discovered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf exoplanet
super-Earth candidate
transiting exoplanet
announcedAt 2011 Kepler science conference
announcedBy NASA
catalogDesignation KIC 10593626 b
KOI-087.01
discoveredBy Kepler space telescope
Kepler space telescope
surface form: NASA Kepler mission
discoveryAnnouncementDate 2011-12-05
discoveryMethod transit method
discoveryYear 2011
distanceFromEarth_lightYears about 600
approximately 620
equilibriumTemperature_C -11
equilibriumTemperature_K 262
habitabilityStatus in host star habitable zone
hasDiscoveryStatus confirmed exoplanet
hasFollowUpObservations ground-based telescopes
hasPotentialForLiquidWater possible under suitable atmospheric conditions
hasTransit yes
hostStar Kepler-22
hostStarConstellation Cygnus
hostStarEffectiveTemperature_K about 5518
hostStarMass_Sun about 0.97
hostStarRadius_Sun about 0.98
hostStarType G-type main-sequence star
insolationRelativeToEarth about 1.1
isFirstOf first Kepler-confirmed planet in habitable zone of Sun-like star
isInKeplerFieldOfView yes
locatedIn Milky Way
direction of constellation Cygnus
massConstraint poorly constrained
numberOfObservedTransitsForConfirmation 3
orbitalEccentricity assumed near zero
orbitalPeriod_days 289.9
290
orbits Kepler-22
possibleNature mini-Neptune
ocean world candidate
publicInterest high due to habitability potential
radius_Earth 2.4
about 2.4 times Earth
semiMajorAxis_AU 0.85
similarityToEarth larger and more massive than Earth
surfaceComposition unknown
transitDepth_fraction about 0.004

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