Kepler-62f
Kepler-62f[1][2][3] (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-701.04) is a super-Earth exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the star Kepler-62, the outermost of five such planets discovered around the star by NASA's Kepler spacecraft. It is about 990 light-years (300 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation of Lyra.[4]
Kepler-62f Media
Confirmed small exoplanets in habitable zones (artist's impressions)(Kepler-62e, 62f, 186f, 296e, 296f, 438b, 440b, 442b)
References
- ↑ Borucki, William J.. Kepler-62: A Five-Planet System with Planets of 1.4 and 1.6 Earth Radii in the Habitable Zone. Science Express 340 (6132) (18 April 2013). p. 587–590. doi:10.1126/science.1234702.
- ↑ Johnson, Michele. NASA's Kepler Discovers Its Smallest 'Habitable Zone' Planets to Date. NASA (18 April 2013). Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ↑ Overbye, Dennis (18 April 2013). "2 Good Places to Live, 1,200 Light-Years Away". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/science/space/2-new-planets-are-most-earth-like-yet-scientists-say.html. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- ↑ Kepler-62f: A Possible Water World. Space.com (13 May 2016).
