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A circumbinary exoplanet discovered in 2019 using NASA's Kepler space telescope, notable for having the largest radius of the three known planets within this binary star system.
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How long is a year on Kepler-47d?
Kepler-47d completes one orbit in about 187.4 Earth days and sits about 0.6992 astronomical units from its host system. NASA lists its discovery year as 2019. [NASA Exoplanet Catalog](https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/kepler-47-d/)
How was Kepler-47d discovered?
Astronomers detected it with NASA's Kepler space telescope using the transit method, watching the planet pass in front of its stars. NASA announced the third planet in the Kepler-47 system in April 2019. [NASA discovery alert](https://www.nasa.gov/missions/kepler/discovery-alert-a-third-planet-in-kepler-47-system/)
How large is Kepler-47d compared with Earth?
It is a Neptune-like world with a radius of about 7 Earth radii, making it the largest of the 3 known planets in the system at discovery. NASA lists its mass as about 19.02 Earth masses. [NASA Exoplanet Catalog](https://science.nasa.gov/exoplanet-catalog/kepler-47-d/)
Does Kepler-47d orbit one star or two?
It is a circumbinary planet, meaning it travels around both stars in the Kepler-47 binary system. The 2 stars orbit each other every 7.45 days, while Kepler-47d takes about 187 days to go around the pair. [NASA discovery alert](https://www.nasa.gov/missions/kepler/discovery-alert-a-third-planet-in-kepler-47-system/)
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