Kepler-62 [SEP] constellation
Kepler-62
Kepler-62 is a star somewhat cooler and smaller than the Sun in the constellation Lyra, 990 light years from Earth. It is located within the field of vision of the "Kepler" spacecraft, the satellite that NASA's Kepler Mission used to detect planets that may be transiting their stars. On April 18, 2013 it was announced that the star has five planets, two of which, Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f are within the star's habitable zone. The outermost, Kepler-62f, is likely a rocky planet.
Nomenclature
-sequence star in the constellation Cygnus, as detected by Kepler, while searching for exoplanets. Various hypotheses have been presented, including comets, asteroids, and an alien civilization.
Mission results 2016.
By May 10, 2016, the Kepler mission had verified 1,284 new planets. Based on their size, about 550 could be rocky planets. Nine of these orbit in their stars' habitable zone:
- Kepler-560b
- Kepler-705b
- Kepler-1229b
- Kepler-1410b
- Kepler-1455b
- Kepler-1544b
- Kepler-1593b
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