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Exoplanet Not to be confused with K2-296b.
Kepler-296b
Discovery
Discovery date2014
Detection methodTransit
Orbital characteristics
Semi-major axis0.079±0.013 AU
Eccentricity< 0.33
Orbital period (sidereal)10.8644+0.0001
−0.0000
Physical characteristics
Mean radius1.6±0.3 R🜨 (0.14+0.03
−0.02 RJ)
Mass3.22 ME
The following plot shows the approximate sizes of the planets in this system compared to planets in the Solar System.

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 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".

Data

As with most other exoplanets, not many parameters are known about Kepler-296b. The few that are, are listed in the infobox to the right.

References

  1. ^ "Open Exoplanet Catalogue - Kepler-296 b". www.openexoplanetcatalogue.com. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
  2. ^ "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.
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