What is KOI planet?

KOI-4878.01 is an exoplanet candidate that orbits the F-type main-sequence star KOI-4878. It is located about 1075 light years (329 parsecs) from Earth. The features of the planet are very similar to that of Earth, and if it is confirmed, it would be one of the most Earth-like planets found.

What is special about planet Kepler 16b?

Kepler-16b was the Kepler telescope’s first discovery of a planet in a “circumbinary” orbit– circling two stars, as opposed to one star in a double-star system. Like Luke Skywalker’s home planet Tatooine, Kepler-16b would have two sunsets if you could stand on its surface.

What type of star is Kepler-160?

G-type star
Kepler-160 b is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 3.59 Earths, it takes 4.3 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.05511 AU from its star.

What does KOI-456.04 look like?

Among the more than 4,000 known exoplanets, KOI-456.04 is something special: less than twice the size of Earth, it orbits a Sun-like star. And it does so with a star-planet distance that could permit planetary surface temperatures conducive to life.

What is a Kepler candidate?

Kepler Project Candidates are all KOIs marked by the Kepler Project as a CANDIDATE in the KOI Cumulative table. This includes planets that have been confirmed or validated. 4. Total Candidates and Confirmed Planets is the union of the Confirmed Planets and KOI Cumulative data sets.

Who discovered KOI-5Ab?

NASA has discovered an exoplanet with three stars, one with a bizarre orbit that has left astronomers baffled. The planet, known as KOI-5Ab was discovered in 2009 by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, but it was “abandoned” by scientists because the space telescope had easier candidates to identify.

Is Kepler 16b habitable?

The planet, called Kepler-16b, is the most “Tatooine-like” planet yet found in our galaxy. In this case, the planet is not thought to be habitable. It is a cold world, with a gaseous surface, but like Tatooine, it circles two stars.

What system is Kepler 16b in?

Kepler-16B is a member of a binary star system named Kepler 16. This planet is treated to two different sunsets every evening. It is not habitable as we know it. Kepler 16B is an exoplanet that orbits in the system of two stars in the Cygnus Constellation.

How far is Kepler-160?

3,131 light years
Kepler-160/Distance to Earth

Where is the Kepler system?

in Boulder, Colo., developed the Kepler flight system and supports mission operations with JPL at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado in Boulder. The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore archives, hosts and distributes the Kepler science data.

How far away is Kepler 160?

Does Kepler-452b have oxygen?

It may also have a thick atmosphere with clouds covering most of its surface. It’s very unlikely to be the same mix of oxygen and nitrogen as the Earth’s atmosphere though. Kepler-452b may not be exactly like the Earth, but it’s probably the most Earth-like planet that astronomers have found so far.