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TOI 700 d

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Distance: 101.5 light-years, Potential habitability factors: Earth-size, lies in the habitable zone, orbits a red dwarf star, Discovery details: Discovered by the TESS mission in 2020 using transits

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K2-18b

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Distance: 124 light-years, Potential habitability factors: Presence of water vapor in its atmosphere, located within the habitable zone, Discovery details: Discovered in 2015 by the Kepler spacecraft during its K2 mission using transit photometry

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Kepler-22b

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Distance: 620 light-years, Potential habitability factors: Located in the habitable zone, Discovery details: Discovered in 2011 by the Kepler Space Telescope through transit method

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Kepler-438b

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Distance: 470 light-years, Potential habitability factors: Size and insolation similar to Earth, within the habitable zone, Discovery details: Detected in 2015 by the Kepler Space Telescope using the transit method

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Proxima Centauri b

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Distance: 4.2 light-years, Potential habitability factors: Within the habitable zone, similar size to Earth, Discovery details: Discovered in 2016 using radial velocity method

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Teegarden's Star b

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Distance: 12.5 light-years, Potential habitability factors: Earth-like temperatures and insolation, lies within the star’s habitable zone, Discovery details: Found in 2019 using radial velocity method

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Kepler-442b

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Distance: 1,206 light-years, Potential habitability factors: Within the habitable zone, likely rocky, receives about 70% of the sunlight that Earth does, Discovery details: Discovered in 2015 by the Kepler Space Telescope through transit method

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TRAPPIST-1e

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Distance: 39 light-years, Potential habitability factors: Rocky planet, within the habitable zone, has potential for liquid water, Discovery details: A part of the seven-planet system discovered in 2016 using the transit method

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LHS 1140 b

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Distance: 40.7 light-years, Potential habitability factors: Rocky exoplanet, receives moderate amount of stellar radiation, Discovery details: Found in 2017 using the transit method and radial velocity measurements

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Gliese 667 Cc

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Distance: 23.6 light-years, Potential habitability factors: Located well within the habitable zone of its star, Earth-like mass and radius, Discovery details: Discovered in 2011, confirmed in 2012 through radial velocity measurements

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Ross 128 b

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Distance: 11 light-years, Potential habitability factors: Likely rocky with temperate surface conditions, within the habitable zone, Discovery details: Discovered in 2017 using radial velocity measurements

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Kepler-452b

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Distance: 1,402 light-years, Potential habitability factors: Orbiting within the habitable zone, similar size to Earth, Discovery details: Found in 2015 by the Kepler mission using the transit method

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