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{{Short description|Goldilocks super-Earth orbiting Kepler-296}}
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{{Infobox planet
| name                     = Kepler-296f
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| discovery_site           = [[Engineering:Kepler (spacecraft)|Kepler Space Observatory]]
| discovered               = 2014
| discovery_method         = Transit
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| apsis                    = astron
| semimajor                = {{convert|0.26300|AU|km|abbr=on}}
| period                   = 63.33587900 [[Day|d]]
| inclination              = 89.950
| star                     = [[Astronomy:Kepler-296|Kepler-296]]
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| mean_radius              = 1.790 {{Earth radius|link=y}}
| single_temperature       = {{convert|194|K|C F}}
<!-- ATMOSPHERE          --> 
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}}
'''Kepler-296f'''<ref name="NASA-20140226">{{cite web |author=Staff |title=715 Newly Verified Planets More Than Triples the Number of Confirmed Kepler Planets |url=http://kepler.nasa.gov/news/nasakeplernews/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=324 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304104225/http://kepler.nasa.gov/news/nasakeplernews/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=324 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2014 |date=26 February 2014 |work=[[Organization:NASA|NASA]] |access-date=8 January 2015 }}</ref><ref name="AXv-20140225">{{cite journal |author=Lissauer, Jack J. |display-authors=0 |title=Validation of Kepler's Multiple Planet Candidates. II: Refined Statistical Framework and Descriptions of Systems of Special Interest |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |url=https://archive.org/details/arxiv-1402.6352 |date=25 February 2014  |volume=784 |issue=1 |page=44 |arxiv=1402.6352 |bibcode = 2014ApJ...784...44L |doi = 10.1088/0004-637X/784/1/44 |s2cid=119108651 }}</ref><ref name="Axv-20140226">{{cite journal |author=Rowe, Jason F. |title=Validation of Kepler's Multiple Planet Candidates. III: Light Curve Analysis & Announcement of Hundreds of New Multi-planet Systems  |journal=The Astrophysical Journal |year=2014 |volume=784 |issue=1 |pages=45 |arxiv=1402.6534 |bibcode=2014ApJ...784...45R |doi=10.1088/0004-637X/784/1/45|s2cid=119118620 }}</ref> (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation '''KOI-1422.04''') is a confirmed [[Astronomy:Super-Earth|super-Earth]] [[Astronomy:Exoplanet|exoplanet]] orbiting within the [[Astronomy:Habitable zone|habitable zone]] of [[Astronomy:Kepler-296|Kepler-296]]. The planet was discovered by [[Organization:NASA|NASA]]'s [[Engineering:Kepler (spacecraft)|''Kepler'' spacecraft]] using the transit method, in which the dimming effect that a planet causes as it crosses in front of its star is measured. NASA announced the discovery of the exoplanet on 26&nbsp;February 2014.<ref name="NASA-20140226" />

==Confirmed exoplanet==
Kepler 296f is a [[Astronomy:Super-Earth|super-Earth]] with a radius 1.79 times that of [[Astronomy:Earth|Earth]]. The planet orbits Kepler-296 once every 63.3 days.

==Habitability==
{{further | Astronomy:Planetary habitability| Astronomy:Astrobiology}}
The planet is located within the [[Astronomy:Habitable zone|habitable zone]] of Kepler-296, a region where liquid water could exist on the surface of the [[Astronomy:Planet|planet]].
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! [[Astronomy:Exoplanet|Notable Exoplanets]] – [[Engineering:Kepler (spacecraft)|Kepler Space Telescope]] 
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| style="font-size:88%" | [[File:KeplerExoplanets-NearEarthSize-HabitableZone-20150106.png|600px]]
{{center|Confirmed small exoplanets in [[Astronomy:Habitable zone|habitable zone]]s.<br />([[Astronomy:Kepler-62e|Kepler-62e]], [[Astronomy:Kepler-62f|Kepler-62f]], [[Astronomy:Kepler-186f|Kepler-186f]], [[Astronomy:Kepler-296e|Kepler-296e]], Kepler-296f, [[Astronomy:Kepler-438b|Kepler-438b]], [[Astronomy:Kepler-440b|Kepler-440b]], [[Astronomy:Kepler-442b|Kepler-442b]])<br />(Kepler Space Telescope; 6 January 2015).<ref name="NASA-20150106">{{cite web |last1=Clavin |first1=Whitney |last2=Chou |first2=Felicia |last3=Johnson |first3=Michele |title=NASA's Kepler Marks 1,000th Exoplanet Discovery, Uncovers More Small Worlds in Habitable Zones |url=http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2015-003 |date=6 January 2015 |work=[[Organization:NASA|NASA]] |access-date=6 January 2015 }}</ref>}}
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== See also ==
* [[Astronomy:Habitability of red dwarf systems|Habitability of red dwarf systems]]
* [[Astronomy:List of potentially habitable exoplanets|List of potentially habitable exoplanets]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131105082102/http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html NASA – Kepler Mission].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100527104316/http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/ NASA – Kepler Discoveries – Summary Table].
* [http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/DisplayOverview/nph-DisplayOverview?objname=Kepler-296+f&type=CONFIRMED_PLANET NASA – Kepler-296f] at [[Astronomy:NASA Exoplanet Archive|The NASA Exoplanet Archive]].
* [http://exoplanets.org/detail/Kepler-296_f NASA – Kepler-296f] at [[Astronomy:Exoplanet Data Explorer|The Exoplanet Data Explorer]].
* [https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/kepler_296_f--1885/ NASA – Kepler-296f] at [[Astronomy:Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia|The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia]].
* [http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog Habitable Exolanets Catalog] at UPR-Arecibo.
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[[Category:Exoplanets in the habitable zone]]
[[Category:Super-Earths in the habitable zone]]
[[Category:Transiting exoplanets]]

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