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Question 5

In an exoplanetary system, the planet Kepler-186f has an estimated diameter of 15 000 km15\,000\text{ km}15000 km.

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The host star, Kepler-186, has a diameter that is 48 times greater than the diameter of Kepler-186f. Calculate the diameter of the star Kepler-186.

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An inner rocky planet in the same system has a diameter that is 0.36 times the diameter of Kepler-186f. Calculate the diameter of this inner planet.

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