Kepler-186f Planet
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A Kepler-186f Planet is an extrasolar Earth-sized Milky-Way terrestrial planet that orbits Kepler-186.
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- See: Kepler Program, Circumstellar Habitable Zone, Earth Similarity Index, Cygnus (Constellation).
References
2016
- (Wikipedia, 2016) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-186f Retrieved:2016-5-10.
- Kepler-186f is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf Kepler-186, about from the Earth.
It is the first planet with a radius similar to Earth's to be discovered in the habitable zone of another star. NASA's Kepler spacecraft detected it using the transit method, along with four additional planets orbiting much closer to the star (all modestly larger than Earth). Analysis of three years of data was required to find its signal. The results were presented initially at a conference on 19 March 2014[1] and some details were reported in the media at the time. The public announcement was on 17 April 2014, followed by publication in Science.
- Kepler-186f is an exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf Kepler-186, about from the Earth.
- ↑ See session 19 March 2014 – Wednesday 11:50–12:10 – Thomas Barclay: The first Earth-sized habitable zone exoplanets.