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Kepler-68d is a gas giant with the minimum mass about the same as Jupiter. It is at least a jovian-mass planet orbiting 1.4 astronomical units from its parent star Kepler-68 well within habitable zone of the star. It was detected by radial velocity.After planets Kepler-68b and c were detected by observing planetary transits in front of its star doppler spectroscopy measurements were used to make follow-up observations of the star. Kepler-68d was discovered using that method.

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