Q16427059
Sign in to saveKepler-186e (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-571.04) is a confirmed exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Kepler-186, approximately 582 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. It is near the optimistic habitable zone but probably not in it, possibly making it have a runaway greenhouse effect, like Venus. The exoplanet was found by using the transit method, in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured. Four additional planets orbiting the star (all modestly larger than Earth) were also discovered.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Pl
- Distance
- 579 light-years
- Coordinates
- RA 298.6527° · Dec 43.9550°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Physical characteristics
- Mass, orbit, and composition
- Formation, tidal evolution and habitability
- Discovery
- Previous names
- See also
- References
- Notes
- External links
Kepler-186e (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-571.04) is a confirmed exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star Kepler-186, approximately 582 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. It is near the optimistic habitable zone but probably not in it, possibly making it have a runaway greenhouse effect, like Venus. The exoplanet was found by using the transit method, in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured. Four additional planets orbiting the star (all modestly larger than Earth) were also discovered.
==Physical characteristics==
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