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Kepler-1704b

Kepler-1704b is a big ball of gas and rock that is floating around a faraway star in the sky. It's like our Earth, but much bigger! Scientists use special tools called telescopes to watch the star and study the planet.

Kepler-1704b is known as an exoplanet because it is a planet that is not in our solar system. It was discovered by a telescope named Kepler, which is very good at finding planets in outer space.

Kepler-1704b is very hot because it is very close to its star. It takes only 3 days for Kepler-1704b to orbit around its star, which is way faster than it takes for Earth to orbit around the sun. Because it's so close to its star, the planet is heated to extreme temperatures - over 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit!

Kepler-1704b is a gas giant, meaning it's mostly made up of gas like hydrogen and helium, just like the giant planets Jupiter and Saturn in our own solar system. However, scientists believe that there might be a rocky core inside the gas cloud.

Scientists are always trying to learn more about Kepler-1704b and other exoplanets in order to better understand how planets form and how unique our own planet is.
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