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Exoplanet Kepler-64 b

by

Ron Miller/Novapix

Reference

a-exo99-31702

Date

2017-01-07

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.