Kepler-296c

{{Short description|Extrasolar planet}} {{Infobox planet | extrasolarplanet = yes | name = Kepler-296c | image = File:Kepler296scale.png | image_size =  | image_alt = | caption = The approximate sizes of the planets in this system compared to planets in the Solar System.<ref name="nas">{{Cite press release |title=Astronomers Catalog Planets That May Be Earthlike |website=NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) |date=4 August 2016 |url= https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/astronomers-catalog-planets-that-may-be-earthlike}}</ref> | apsis = astron | discovery_ref = | discoverer = [[Kepler space telescope]] | discovery_site = | discovered = 2014 | discovery_method = [[Transit photometry]] | alt_names = Kepler-296 Ac | periastron = | apoastron = | semimajor ={{val|0.052|0.013}} | avg_speed =  | eccentricity = | period = {{val|5.84|+0.0001|0.0000}} | inclination = | angular_dist = | long_periastron =  | time_periastron =  | semi-amplitude = | mean_radius = {{val|0.18|0.3}} {{jupiter radius}} | surface_area = | volume = | density = | mass = | surface_grav =  | moment_of_inertia_factor = | escape_velocity = | albedo = | single_temperature = }} '''Kepler-296c''' is a confirmed [[exoplanet]] located in the [[Binary star|binary star system]] [[Kepler-296]]. It was discovered in 2014 by the [[Kepler space telescope]] using the [[Transit photometry|transit method]]. During a study<ref name=nas/><ref>{{cite web |title=The Extrasolar Planet Encyclopaedia — Kepler-296 c |url=https://exoplanet.eu/catalog/kepler_296_c--1882/ |work=[[Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia]] |date=5 February 2021}}</ref> by members of the [[Ames Research Center|NASA Ames Research Center]] on two other planets in the Kepler-296 system, [[Kepler-296f]] and [[Kepler-296e]], they confirmed that Kepler-296c was an exoplanet with "more than 99% confidence".

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[[Category:Exoplanets discovered in 2014]] [[Category:Exoplanets discovered by the Kepler space telescope]] [[Category:Kepler-296]] [[Category:Transiting exoplanets]]