 Kepler @-@ 6 is a yellow giant situated in the constellation Cygnus . The star lies within the field of view of the Kepler Mission , which discovered it as part of a NASA @-@ led mission to discover Earth @-@ like planets . The star , which is slightly larger , more metal @-@ rich , slightly cooler , and more massive than the Sun , is orbited by at least one extrasolar planet , a Jupiter @-@ sized planet named Kepler @-@ 6b that orbits closely to its star . 
