Another day, another planet, right? Astronomers have discovered 861 new planets beyond the solar system. Most are the large, Jupiter-sized variety because they're easiest to detect. A few are ...
As if further evidence of its resolving power was needed, NASA’s Kepler planet finder has located a planet circling a star similar to the Sun that is only slightly larger than the Moon. Called ...
Kepler 37b is a planet orbiting the star Kepler 37, around 210 light years from Earth in the constellation of Lyra. Its discovery by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft was announced on 20 February 2013. Kepler ...
The planet is the innermost of three that orbit a Sun-like star called Kepler-37, named after the Kepler telescope, which was launched in 2009 with the quest of scrutinising the Milky Way for other ...
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月と同じくらいの大きさの系外惑星「Kepler-37b」
画像では、小さな天体から大きな天体へ、月、Kepler-37b、水星、火星、Kepler-37c、地球、Kepler-37dの順に並んでいます。なかでも注目したいのが、月の隣に描かれたKepler-37bです。その大きさは地球の約3分の1で、月をわず ...
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