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Kepler-41b, formerly known as KOI-196b, is a planet in the orbit of star Kepler-41. It is a hot Jupiter with about the density of water. It reflects about a third of the starlight it receives. The brightest spot in the planetary atmosphere is shifted westward from the substellar point, indicating strong winds.

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Object type
Pl
Distance
3,513 light-years
Coordinates
RA 294.5132° · Dec 45.9816°
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Diameter
159000
Radius
0.89
Mass
0.56
Orbital period
1.855557555
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catalog code
Kepler-41b
time of discovery or invention
2011-12-00
right ascension
294.51322764945246
declination
45.98163236595445
orbital eccentricity
0.21
angular distance
0.00004
temperature
1790.0
orbital inclination
88.3
semi-major axis of an orbit
0.03101
right ascension component of proper motion
3.037
declination component of proper motion
2.999
parallax
0.8864

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Kepler-41b, formerly known as KOI-196b, is a planet in the orbit of star Kepler-41. It is a hot Jupiter with about the density of water. It reflects about a third of the starlight it receives. The brightest spot in the planetary atmosphere is shifted westward from the substellar point, indicating strong winds.

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