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Kepler-62f (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-701.04) is a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the star Kepler-62, the outermost of five such planets discovered around the star by NASA's Kepler space telescope. It is located about from Earth in the constellation of Lyra.

Key facts

Planet.name
Kepler-62f
Planet.image
The diagram compares the planets of the inner solar system to Kepler-62.jpg
Planet.caption
Artist's impression of the Kepler-62 system (sizes to scale) compared to the planets of the inner Solar System with their respective habitable zones
Planet.discoverer
Kepler space telescope
Planet.discovered
18 April 2013
Planet.discovery_method
Transit
Planet.apsis
astron
Planet.semimajor
0.718 ± 0.007 AU
Planet.eccentricity
~0
Planet.period
267.291 ± 0.005 d
Planet.inclination
89.90 ± 0.03
Planet.star
Kepler-62 (KOI-701)
Planet.single_temperature
Teq:

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
exoplanet
Constellation
Lyra
Parent body
Kepler-62
Radius
0.126
Mass
0.11
Orbital period
267.283301
Image
This artist's concept depicts Kepler-62f.jpg
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catalog code
Kepler-62f
discoverer or inventor
Kepler Space Telescope
time of discovery or invention
2013-05-00
discovery method
transit method
located in/on physical feature
circumstellar habitable zone
Commons category
Kepler-62 f
right ascension
283.21271624868880
declination
45.34983335429362
epoch
J2000.0
orbital inclination
89.9
right ascension component of proper motion
-25.153
declination component of proper motion
-31.170
parallax
3.2947
semi-major axis of an orbit
0.7199991667
orbital eccentricity
0
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Physical characteristics
  • Mass, radius and temperature
  • Host star
  • Orbit
  • Habitability
  • Climate
  • Other factors
  • Discovery
  • Follow-up studies
  • Extraterrestrial intelligence target
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Kepler-62f (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-701.04) is a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the star Kepler-62, the outermost of five such planets discovered around the star by NASA's Kepler space telescope. It is located about from Earth in the constellation of Lyra.

Kepler-62f orbits its parent star at a distance of from its host star with an orbital period of roughly 267 days, and has a radius of around 1.41 times that of Earth. It is one of the more promising candidates for potential habitability, as its parent star is a relatively quiet star, and has less mass than the Sun – thus it can live up to a span of about 30 billion years or so. Based on its size, Kepler-62f is likely a terrestrial or ocean-covered planet. However, key components of the exoplanet still need to be assessed to determine habitability; such as its atmosphere if one exists, since it lies within the outer part of its host star's habitable zone.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kepler-62 f” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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