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Quick Facts 

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• Kepler-452b is located around 1,400 light years from Earth in the constellation of Cygnus.

• It is one of the smallest planets yet discovered that orbits in the habitable zone around a sun-like star.

• The habitable zone, also known as the 'Goldilocks Zone', is an area around a star which has just the right temperature to allow for liquid water to exist.

• Kepler 452b is considered the most Earth like planet yet discovered due to its size, location in its system and the type of star it orbits.

• The star that Kepler 452b orbits is very similar to our sun.

• Kepler 452b orbits its star at a similar distance that the Earth orbits the sun.

• A year on Kepler 452b is only 21 days longer than a year on Earth.

• Kepler 452b's small size indicates that it is most probably a rocky planet.

• It is thought that the force of gravity on Kepler 452b would be twice as strong as Earth's gravity.

• The Kepler 452 system is 6 billion years old, which is 1.5 billion years older than our solar system.

• Kepler 452b is often refered to as "Earth's Cousin"