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Kepler-14 is a binary star system targeted by the Kepler spacecraft. It is host to one known planet: the Jupiter-like Kepler-14b. The star system was identified by Kepler as a possible planetary host but when imaging revealed that Kepler-14 was a binary star system and not a single star the confirmation process became protracted. The stars are separated by at least 280 AU and the stars complete an orbit around a common center of mass every 2800 years. Both stars are larger than the Sun.

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