Kepler 22-b is a planet. It is located in our Milky Way galaxy - like most planets discovered so far. Any planet outside of our Milky Way would be extremely hard to detect.
Kepler-22b orbits a star called Kepler-22, which is located about 600 light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus. Kepler-22 is a G-type star similar to our Sun, but slightly cooler and smaller.
Kepler-22b was given its the designation Kepler as it is one of many planets discovered by the Kepler observatory. The 22b refers to it being the innermost (and only known) planet orbiting the star Kepler-22.
No. Kepler-22b is between the size of Earth and Neptune.
Some evidence suggests Kepler-22b may have at least one moon, but it is not confirmed.
Kepler-22b is smaller than Jupiter. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, while Kepler-22b is an exoplanet located outside of our solar system and is estimated to be approximately 2.4 times the size of Earth.
The Kepler project to find planets will continue to grow their database of confirmed planets. As of Dec 5, 2011 the largest are: by mass = Kepler 14b by radius = Kepler 17b by density = Kepler 22b
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Kepler 22b was not discovered by an individual, but by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope in December 2011. The telescope detected the planet as part of the Kepler mission's search for exoplanets within the habitable zone of their stars.
Yes, Kepler-22b has gravity. Gravity is present on all celestial bodies with mass, including exoplanets like Kepler-22b. The gravity on Kepler-22b would be weaker than Earth's due to its larger size and lower density.
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Kepler-22b is about 620 light years or about 3.6 quadrillion miles away. It works out to the same whether you use Pluto or Earth as a reference point, as our distance to Pluto is tiny compared with our distance to Kepler-22b.