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Kepler 37c

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-0.32±0.07

Discovery status
  
Confirmed

Discovery date
  
2013

Kepler-37c

Discovery site
  
Kepler Space Observatory

Kepler-37c is an extrasolar planet (exoplanet) discovered by the Kepler space telescope in February 2013. With an orbital period of 21 days, it is located 210 light years away, orbiting its parent star Kepler-37 in the constellation Lyra. Its size is slightly smaller than Venus.

References

Kepler-37c Wikipedia