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... detection of this planet," said William Borucki, Kepler principal investigator at NASA Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., who led the team that discovered Kepler-22b. "The first transit was captured just ... zone planet candidates reported in February 2011, Kepler-22b is the first to be confirmed. This milestone will be published in The Astrophysical Journal. The Kepler team is hosting its inaugural science conference ...

... Sith," has a number of exoplanet counterparts. These molten, lava-covered worlds, such as Kepler-10b and Kepler-78b, are rocky planets in Earth's size range whose surfaces could well be ... could be hospitable to life. It was the tenth circumbinary planet discovered using the Kepler telescope. Ocean world Kepler-22b, analog to the Star Wars planet Kamino (birthplace of the army of clone ... Kamino makes its appearance in "Attack of the Clones." The jury is still out on Kepler-22b's true nature; at 2.4 times Earth's radius, it might even be gaseous ...

... -size and orbit in the habitable zone of their host star. The newly confirmed planet, Kepler-22b, is the smallest yet found to orbit in the middle of the habitable zone of ... radius of Earth and located 600 light-years away. Scientists don't yet know if Kepler-22b has a predominantly rocky, gaseous or liquid composition, but its discovery is a step closer ... -size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system. The planets, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, are too close to their star to be in the habitable zone, but ...

... other planets that are larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. Kepler-20b, the closest planet, Kepler-20c, the third planet, and Kepler-20d, the fifth planet, orbit their star every 3.7 ... these other observations help determine which candidates can be validated as planets. To validate Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f, astronomers used a computer program called Blender, which runs simulations to help rule ... announced the discovery of Kepler-22b in the habitable zone of its parent star. It is likely to be too large to have a rocky surface. While Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f are Earth ...

... a double-star system. -- In December 2011, NASA announced Kepler's discovery of the mission's first planet in a habitable zone. Kepler-22b, about 2.4 times the size of Earth, is ... Colorado in Boulder. The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore archives, hosts and distributes Kepler science data. Kepler is NASA's 10th Discovery Mission and funded by NASA's Science Mission Directorate ...

... ;Astronomers are just beginning to confirm thousands of planet candidates uncovered by Kepler so far," said Doug Hudgins, Kepler program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "Finding one as small ... Earth called Kepler-22b. Later in the month, the team announced the discovery of the first Earth-size planets orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system, called Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f ...

... , two larger than the size of Earth and one about the size of Mars. Kepler-62b, Kepler-62c and Kepler-62d, orbit every five, 12, and 18 days, respectively, making them very hot ... about 1,200 light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. A companion to Kepler 69c, known as Kepler 69b, is more than twice the size of Earth and whizzes around its ... Colorado in Boulder. The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore archives, hosts and distributes Kepler science data. Kepler is NASA's 10th Discovery Mission and was funded by the agency's Science ...

... are Kepler -11c, Kepler -11d, Kepler -11e, Kepler -11f, and the outermost planet, Kepler -11g, which is half as far from its star as Earth is from the sun. The planets Kepler -11d, Kepler -11e and Kepler -11f have a significant amount of light gas, which indicates that they formed within a few million years of the system's formation. "The historic milestones Kepler makes ...

... information proprietary to the companies involved. ''RELEASE: 13-057 - NASA'S KEPLER MISSION DISCOVERS TINY PLANET SYSTEM'' --WASHINGTON -- NASA's Kepler mission scientists have discovered a new planetary system that is home ... (700 degrees Kelvin), would be hot enough to melt the zinc in a penny. Kepler-37c and Kepler-37d, orbit every 21 days and 40 days, respectively. We uncovered a planet smaller ... Colorado in Boulder. The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore archives, hosts and distributes Kepler science data. Kepler is NASA's tenth Discovery Mission and was funded by NASA's Science Mission ...

... in Boulder. The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore archives, hosts and distributes the Kepler science data. Kepler is NASA's 10th Discovery Mission and is funded by NASA's Science Mission ... tribute both to Bill's dedication and persistence and the fantastic and exciting results from Kepler." Kepler is the first NASA mission capable of finding Earth-size planets in or near the ... in Boulder. The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore archives, hosts and distributes the Kepler science data. Kepler is NASA's 10th Discovery Mission and is funded by NASA's Science Mission ...

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