Facts about Kepler-452

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   At 6.2 billion years old in total stellar age projections, Kepler-452 will exhaust its hydrogen core fuel and become a red giant within approximately 2 billion years.

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   Kepler-452b's year of 384.8 days suggests orbital dynamics comparable to Venus, though its equilibrium temperature likely ranges between 265 and 315 Kelvin depending on atmospheric composition.

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   The star Kepler-452 produces about 1.5 times more energy output than our Sun, making it a G2-class yellow dwarf slightly more luminous than Sol.

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   Kepler-452's star exhibits metallicity levels approximately 0.19 dex above the Sun, indicating higher concentrations of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium.

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   Kepler-452's host star has a surface temperature of approximately 5,757 Kelvin, making it nearly identical to our Sun's 5,778 Kelvin temperature.

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   Kepler-452b orbits its star every 384.8 days, placing it within the habitable zone where liquid water could exist on its surface.

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   Approximately 1.5 billion years old, Kepler-452 is slightly larger and more massive than our Sun with a radius 1.11 times solar and mass 1.04 times solar.

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   Located 430 light-years away, Kepler-452 is a sun-like star discovered in 2015 that hosts an Earth-sized exoplanet.

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