Kepler-560b, or more correctly Kepler-560 Bb, is a confirmed

exoplanet An exoplanet or extrasolar planet is a planet outside the Solar System. The first possible evidence of an exoplanet was noted in 1917 but was not recognized as such. The first confirmation of detection occurred in 1992. A different planet, init ...

orbiting the secondary star of the binary star system

Kepler-560 Kepler-56 is a red giant in constellation Cygnus roughly away with slightly more mass than the Sun. Planetary system In 2012, scientists discovered a 2-planet planetary system around Kepler-56 via the transit method. Asteroseismologic ...

. It is only 287

light-year A light-year, alternatively spelled light year, is a large unit of length used to express astronomical distances and is equivalent to about 9.46 trillion kilometers (), or 5.88 trillion miles ().One trillion here is taken to be 1012 ...

s away. Though not listed in the

Habitable Exoplanets Catalog Habitability refers to the adequacy of an environment for human living. Where housing is concerned, there are generally local ordinances which define habitability. If a residence complies with those laws it is said to be habitable. In extreme e ...

, one study gives the planet an 85% chance of being in the habitable zone.

References

{{Extrasolar-planet-stub Exoplanets discovered in 2016 Transiting exoplanets Exoplanets discovered by the Kepler space telescope

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