Kepler-32c (alt. name

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952.02) is an

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in orbit around its M-

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-type star in the Kepler-32 system, in the constellation of Cygnus. Discovered by planetary transit methods with the

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in January 2012, it presents a semi-major axis of 0.033 AU and temperature of 417.3 K. It has a radius of 2.2 Earth-

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and an orbital period of 8.7522 days.

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