Kepler-69 (KOI-172, 2MASS J19330262+4452080, KIC 8692861) is a G-type main-sequence star similar to the Sun in the constellation Cygnus, located about 2,390 ly (730 pc) from Earth.

[1][6] Although initial estimates indicated that the terrestrial planet Kepler-69c might be within the star's habitable zone, further analysis showed that the planet very likely is interior to the habitable zone and is far more analogous to Venus than to Earth and thus completely inhospitable.

The transit method that Kepler uses involves detecting dips in brightness in stars.

These dips in brightness can be interpreted as planets whose orbits move in front of their stars from the perspective of Earth.

It receives a similar amount of flux from its star as Venus does from the Sun, and is thus a likely candidate for a super-Venus.