| Extrasolarplanet: | yes |
| Kepler-296b | |
| Apsis: | astron |
| Discovery Ref: | [1] |
| Discovered: | 2014 |
| Discovery Method: | Transit[2] |
| Orbit Ref: | [3] |
| Semimajor: | 0.079±0.013 AU |
| Eccentricity: | < 0.33 |
| Physical Ref: | [4] |
| Mean Radius: | 1.6±0.3 |
| Mass: | 3.22 |
Kepler-296b is an s-type exoplanet located in the binary star system Kepler-296. All 5 planets in this system orbit around the primary star.
It has been classed as a hot superterran.
It was discovered by the Kepler space telescope in 2014 using the transit method and was originally classed as a planet candidate, but during a study[5] by members of the NASA Ames Research Center on two other planets in the Kepler-296 system, Kepler-296f and Kepler-296e, they were able to confirm that Kepler-296b is an exoplanet with "more than 99% confidence".
As with most other exoplanets, not many parameters are known about Kepler-296b. The few that are, are listed in the infobox to the right.