Kepler-22b

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Kepler-22b is an exoplanet located in its star’s habitable zone and was one of the first such worlds discovered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kepler-22b canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf exoplanet ⓘ
super-Earth candidate ⓘ
transiting exoplanet ⓘ
announcedAt 2011 Kepler science conference ⓘ
announcedBy NASA ⓘ
catalogDesignation KIC 10593626 b ⓘ
KOI-087.01 ⓘ
discoveredBy Kepler space telescope ⓘ
NASA Kepler mission ⓘ
discoveryAnnouncementDate 2011-12-05 ⓘ
discoveryMethod transit method ⓘ
discoveryYear 2011 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_lightYears about 600 ⓘ
approximately 620 ⓘ
equilibriumTemperature_C -11 ⓘ
equilibriumTemperature_K 262 ⓘ
habitabilityStatus in host star habitable zone ⓘ
hasDiscoveryStatus confirmed exoplanet ⓘ
hasFollowUpObservations ground-based telescopes ⓘ
hasPotentialForLiquidWater possible under suitable atmospheric conditions ⓘ
hasTransit yes ⓘ
hostStar Kepler-22 ⓘ
hostStarConstellation Cygnus ⓘ
hostStarEffectiveTemperature_K about 5518 ⓘ
hostStarMass_Sun about 0.97 ⓘ
hostStarRadius_Sun about 0.98 ⓘ
hostStarType G-type main-sequence star ⓘ
insolationRelativeToEarth about 1.1 ⓘ
isFirstOf first Kepler-confirmed planet in habitable zone of Sun-like star ⓘ
isInKeplerFieldOfView yes ⓘ
locatedIn Milky Way ⓘ
direction of constellation Cygnus ⓘ
massConstraint poorly constrained ⓘ
numberOfObservedTransitsForConfirmation 3 ⓘ
orbitalEccentricity assumed near zero ⓘ
orbitalPeriod_days 289.9 ⓘ
290 ⓘ
orbits Kepler-22 ⓘ
possibleNature mini-Neptune ⓘ
ocean world candidate ⓘ
publicInterest high due to habitability potential ⓘ
radius_Earth 2.4 ⓘ
about 2.4 times Earth ⓘ
semiMajorAxis_AU 0.85 ⓘ
similarityToEarth larger and more massive than Earth ⓘ
surfaceComposition unknown ⓘ
transitDepth_fraction about 0.004 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Raised by Wolves → setting → Kepler-22b ⓘ
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