Kepler-442b [SEP] constellation
Kepler-442b
Kepler-442b (also known by its Kepler object of interest designation "KOI-4742.01") is a confirmed near-Earth-sized exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within the habitable zone of the K-type main-sequence star Kepler-442, about 1,206 light-years (370 parsecs), from Earth in the constellation Lyra. The planet was discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft using the transit method, in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured. NASA announced the
Arecibo Observatory and Green Bank Telescope.
See also.
- List of potentially habitable exoplanets
- Kepler-62f
- Kepler-186f
- Kepler-452b
- Kepler-440b
- Kepler-438b
External links.
- NASA – Mission overview.
- NASA – Kepler Discoveries – Summary Table.
- NASA – Kepler-442b at The NASA Exoplanet Archive.
- NASA – Kepler-442b at Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia.
- Habitable Exolanets Catalog at UPR-Arecibo.