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arxiv 1404.5667 v1 pith:TTAOOJTX submitted 2014-04-22 astro-ph.EP

An Earth-sized Planet in the Habitable Zone of a Cool Star

Elisa V. Quintana , Thomas Barclay , Sean N. Raymond , Jason F. Rowe , Emeline Bolmont , Douglas A. Caldwell , Steve B. Howell , Stephen R. Kane
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Daniel Huber Justin R. Crepp Jack J. Lissauer David R. Ciardi Jeffrey L. Coughlin Mark E. Everett Christopher E. Henze Elliott Horch Howard Isaacson Eric B. Ford Fred C. Adams Martin Still Roger C. Hunter Billy Quarles Franck Selsis
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The quest for Earth-like planets represents a major focus of current exoplanet research. While planets that are Earth-sized and smaller have been detected, these planets reside in orbits that are too close to their host star to allow liquid water on their surface. We present the detection of Kepler-186f, a 1.11+\-0.14 Earth radius planet that is the outermost of five planets - all roughly Earth-sized - that transit a 0.47+\-0.05 Rsun star. The intensity and spectrum of the star's radiation places Kepler-186f in the stellar habitable zone, implying that if Kepler-186f has an Earth-like atmosphere and H2O at its surface, then some of this H2O is likely to be in liquid form.

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