Kepler-296 Ad
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Kepler-296d is an exoplanet orbiting the M-dwarf star Kepler-296, located in the constellation Draco. It was discovered in 2014 by the Kepler space telescope using the transit method.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Pl
- Distance
- 716 light-years
- Coordinates
- RA 286.5400° · Dec 49.4373°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Draco
- Parent body
- Kepler-296
- Diameter
- 23900
- Radius
- 2.69
- Orbital period
- 19.850291
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- discovery method
- transit method
- discoverer or inventor
- Kepler Space Telescope
- epoch
- J2000.0
- time of discovery or invention
- 2014-03-00
- semi-major axis of an orbit
- 0.118
- orbital eccentricity
- 0.33
- declination component of proper motion
- -5.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -11.4
- right ascension
- 286.5400278
- declination
- 49.4372614
- catalog code
- TIC 243271945d
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Host Star
- Discovery
- See also
- References
Kepler-296d is an exoplanet orbiting the M-dwarf star Kepler-296, located in the constellation Draco. It was discovered in 2014 by the Kepler space telescope using the transit method.
== Characteristics == Kepler-296d has a radius approximately 2.09 times that of Earth and a mass estimated at 5.02 Earth masses, placing it in the category of Neptune-like exoplanets. The planet orbits its host star every 19.9 days at a distance of approximately 0.118 AU. Its orbit has an eccentricity of less than 0.33.
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