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Exoplanet Kepler-64 b

author: Ron Miller/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-31701

Image Size 300 DPI: 46 * 29 cm

PH1b (standing for "Planet Hunters 1"), or by its NASA designation Kepler-64b, is an extrasolar planet found in a circumbinary orbit in the quadruple star system Kepler-64. The giant planet is Neptune-sized, about 20-55 Earth-masses, located 5000 light years from Earth in Cygnus constellation.

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2012 - ASTRONOMY - BINARY STAR - CYGNUS - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - ILLUSTRATION - KEPLER-64 - KEPLER-64b - PH1b - PLANET - STAR -