• Question: How many light years away is Kepler 186f?(i am not very smart)

    Asked by Terror Hurts to Andrea, Charlie 🚀, Col Op, Kirsty on 22 Jun 2016.
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      Kirsty Lindsay answered on 22 Jun 2016:

      Don’t worry there is no such thing as a silly question- and smart comes with practice, so you have lots of time to get better 🙂

      it’s about 490 light years from Earth

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      Columbus Operations answered on 22 Jun 2016:

      Joao: Hi PootisBird. I am sure you are smarter than you think!

      “Kepler 186f” is a planet orbiting a star called “Kepler 186”. The names are not a coincidence. It’s just the way we name stars and planets until we find a better name for them. This star and all its planets (we found 5 so far) are all 490 light-years away from Earth.

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      Charles Laing answered on 22 Jun 2016:

      Hi PootisBird,

      You already know what Kepler 186f is so you must be quite smart 😉

      Charlie 🚀

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      Andrea Boyd answered on 23 Jun 2016:

      I agree with the others’ answers – good question! 🙂

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