Kepler-560b, or more correctly Kepler-560 Bb,[4] is a confirmed exoplanet orbiting the secondary star of the binary star system Kepler-560.[3][5] It is only 287 light-years away.[6] Though not listed in the Habitable Exoplanets Catalog, one study gives the planet an 85% chance of being in the habitable zone.[2]
Earth | Kepler-560b |
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Discovery[1] | |
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Discovered by | Kepler space telescope |
Discovery date | 10 May 2016 |
Detection method | Transit |
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Alternative names | KOI-463.01, Kepler-560 Bb, KIC 8845205 b |
Orbital characteristics | |
Semi-major axis | 0.0899+0.0031 −0.0062 AU[2] |
Eccentricity | 0.17[3] |
Orbital period (sidereal) | 18.4776196+0.0000130 −0.0000132 d[3] |
Inclination | 89.606°+0.0031° −0.094°[2] |
Physical characteristics | |
Mean radius | 1.93+0.15 −0.14 R🜨[3] |
Temperature | 298+22 −32 K[2] |
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