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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on January 31, 2010, 23:46

Title: Kepler Goes Fishing and Reels in Two KOI
Post by: sam on January 31, 2010, 23:46

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By now you've probably heard about the first results from the Kepler mission to find extrasolar planets. Five new exoplanet discoveries were announced recently at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, D.C. Four of the five new planets are larger than Jupiter, about 1.4 times its radius, and they all have orbital periods around their host stars of 3-5 days. Kepler 4b, the oddball of that bunch is about the size of Neptune.

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/01/27/kepler-goes-fishing-and-reels-in-two-koi/

Title: Re: Kepler Goes Fishing and Reels in Two KOI
Post by: Clive on February 01, 2010, 09:18

How very interesting.  I think Kepler will discover many more new classes of object during its mission. 

Title: Re: Kepler Goes Fishing and Reels in Two KOI
Post by: sam on February 03, 2010, 01:11

The other half hopes so... she's working on data from that.