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Extrasolar PlanetsEncyclopaediadata

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Extrasolar PlanetsEncyclopaediadata

Kepler-22 is a Sun-like star in the northern constellation of Cygnus, the swan, that is orbited by a planet found to be unequivocally within the star's habitable zone. It is located at the celestial coordinates: Right Ascension , Declination . With an apparent visual magnitude of 11.7, this star is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. It can be viewed with a telescope having an aperture of at least . The estimated distance to Kepler-22 is .

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