Kepler at AAS

New findings from NASA's Kepler mission were presented at the 218th American Astronomical Society meeting

Kepler-10c and a New Method to Validate Planets

Today the Kepler team is announcing another member of the Kepler-10 family, called Kepler-10c (larger foreground object in the image on this page). It has a radius of 2.2 times that of Earth's, and it orbits the star every 45 days. Both Kepler-10b and 10c would be blistering hot worlds.

Kepler’s Astounding Haul of Multiple Planet Systems

Cambridge, MA — NASA’s Kepler spacecraft is proving itself to be a prolific planet hunter. Within just the first four months of data, astronomers have found evidence for more than 1,200 planetary candidates. Of those, 408 reside in systems containing two or more planets, and most of those look very different than our solar system.

- Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Press Release 2011-14 of May 23, 2011