Kepler-453b is a
transiting circumbinary exoplanet
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in the binary-star system
Kepler-453. It orbits the binary system in the
habitable zone
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every 240.5 days.
The orbit of the planet is inclined relative to the binary orbit therefore precession of the orbit leads to it spending most of its time in a non-transiting configuration. By the time the TESS Tess or TESS may refer to:
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and PLATO
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spacecraft are available for follow up observations it will no longer be transiting.
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Exoplanets discovered in 2015
Transiting exoplanets
Giant planets in the habitable zone
453b
Circumbinary planets
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Lyra (constellation)