PIA23689: Kepler Planet 1649c Artist's Illustration From Space
This artist's concept shows exoplanet Kepler-1649c orbiting around its host red dwarf star.
 Mission:  Kepler 
 Product Size:  3840 x 2160 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  Ames Research Center 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA23689.tif (15.27 MB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA23689.jpg (563.2 kB)  

Click on the image above to download a moderately sized image in JPEG format (possibly reduced in size from original)

Original Caption Released with Image:

This artist's concept shows exoplanet Kepler-1649c orbiting around its host red dwarf star. This exoplanet is in its star's habitable zone (the distance where liquid water could exist on the planet's surface) and is the closest to Earth in size and temperature found yet in Kepler's data.

For more information on the Kepler mission, visit www.nasa.gov/Kepler.

For more information about exoplanets, visit https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/.

Image Credit:
NASA/Ames Research Center/Daniel Rutter

Image Addition Date:
2020-04-15