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  1. Kepler-438b - Wikipedia

    • Mass, radius and temperature Kepler-438b is an Earth-sized planet, an exoplanet that has a mass and radius close to that of Earth. It has a radius of 1.12 R🜨, and an unknown mass. It has an equilibrium temperature of 276 K (3 °C; 37 °F), close to that of Earth. Host star The planet orbits a (M-type) red dwarf star named Kepler-438. The star has a mass of 0.54 … See more

    Discovered byKepler spacecraft
    Discovery date2015
    Detection methodTransit
    Semi-major axis0.16600 AU (24,833,000 km)
    Overview

    Kepler-438b (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-3284.01) is a confirmed near-Earth-sized exoplanet. It is likely rocky. It orbits on the inner edge of the habitable zone of a red dwarf, Kepler-438, about 460.2 … See more

    Habitability

    The planet was announced as orbiting within the habitable zone of Kepler-438, a region where liquid water could exist on the surface of the planet. However it has been found that this planet is subjected to powerful ra… See more

     
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  3. Kepler-438b: Astronomers Find Most Earth-Like …

    Jan 8, 2015 · Kepler-438b is a small, possibly rocky world that orbits a red dwarf star 470 light-years away. It receives 40 percent more light than Earth and has a 70 percent chance of being in the habitable zone and being rocky.

  4. Farewell to hope of life on Kepler-438b - CNET

    Nov 19, 2015 · According to new research from a team at the University of Warwick, one of the Kepler mission's most Earth-like candidates would be utterly uninhabitable to carbon-based life.

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    Jan 7, 2015 · Kepler-438b is a slightly larger planet than Earth that orbits a red dwarf star every 35 days. It has a 70 percent chance of being rocky and in the habitable zone of its star, according to astronomers from the Harvard …

  8. Kepler-438b: Red Dwarf May Have Stripped Away …

    Nov 18, 2015 · Kepler-438b is a super-Earth that orbits a red dwarf star that emits strong flares and coronal mass ejections. These phenomena could have destroyed the planet's atmosphere and made it uninhabitable, according to a …

  9. NASA's Kepler Marks 1,000th Exoplanet Discovery, …

    Jan 6, 2015 · Kepler-438b is a rocky planet 475 light-years away, 12 percent bigger than Earth and in its star's habitable zone. It orbits a cooler and smaller star than our sun, making the habitable zone closer to its parent star.

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    Jun 15, 2022 · Orbiting Kepler-438 in its habitable zone is Kepler-438b, one of the most Earthlike planets ever found outside the solar system. The detection was made between November 2020 and September...

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