Kepler-296b

Not to be confused with K2-296b.
Kepler-296b
Discovery[1]
Discovery date2014
Transit[2]
Orbital characteristics[1]
0.079±0.013 AU
Eccentricity< 0.33[2]
10.8644+0.0001
−0.0000
Physical characteristics[1]
1.6±0.3 R🜨 (0.14+0.03
−0.02 RJ)
Mass3.22 ME[2]
The following plot shows the approximate sizes of the planets in this system compared to planets in the Solar System.[3]

Kepler-296b is an s-type exoplanet located in the binary star system Kepler-296. All 5 planets in this system orbit around the primary star.

It has been classed as a hot superterran.

It was discovered by the Kepler space telescope in 2014 using the transit method and was originally classed as a planet candidate, but during a study[4] by members of the NASA Ames Research Center on two other planets in the Kepler-296 system, Kepler-296f and Kepler-296e, they were able to confirm that Kepler-296b is an exoplanet with "more than 99% confidence".

  1. ^ a b c "Open Exoplanet Catalogue - Kepler-296 b". www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  2. ^ a b c "Kepler-296b". EXOPLANET EXPLOARATION NASA. NASA. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Open Exoplanet Catalogue - Kepler-296 b". www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  4. ^ "Astronomers Catalog Planets That May Be Earthlike". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Retrieved 2021-03-17.