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Kepler-266 b

World type: water_world
Discovery method: Transit
Discovery year: 2014
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Kepler-266 b is a fascinating exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-266, discovered in 2014 by the Kepler space telescope using the transit method. Imagine a world far beyond our solar system, where this planet quietly circles its star, causing subtle dips in brightness that helped astronomers spot it from across the cosmos. Although we don’t have a proper name for Kepler-266 b yet, it belongs to the exciting family of planets revealed by the keen eyes of the Kepler CCD Array. Its exact distance from Earth is a mystery, but it is somewhere out in the vast stretch of our galaxy, reminding us how full of surprises our universe truly is. A testament to patience and cosmic detective work, Kepler-266 b captures our imagination as a sparkling new world waiting to be explored!