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Exoplanet Kepler 22b

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-30204

Image Size 300 DPI: 47 * 31 cm

Kepler-22b is an extrasolar planet orbiting G-type star Kepler-22. It is located 600 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. It was discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and is the first known transiting planet to orbit within the habitable zone of a Sun-like star

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2011 - ASTRONOMY - ATMOSPHERE - CYGNUS - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE - HABITABLE ZONE - ILLUSTRATION - KEPLER-22 - KEPLER-22b - PLANET - STAR - SUPER-EARTH - WATER -