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    Kepler-22b (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-087.01) is an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the Sun-like star...
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    Kepler-10b is the first confirmed terrestrial planet to have been discovered outside the Solar System by the Kepler Space Telescope. Discovered after...
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    Kepler-10, formerly known as KOI-72, is a Sun-like star in the constellation of Draco that lies 607 light-years (186 parsecs) from Earth. Kepler-10 was...
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    zone: Kepler-560b, Kepler-705b, Kepler-1229b, Kepler-1410b, Kepler-1455b, Kepler-1544 b, Kepler-1593b, Kepler-1606b, and Kepler-1638b. The Kepler team...
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    In astronomy, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, published by Johannes Kepler absent the third law in 1609 and fully in 1619, describe the orbits of planets...
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    Kepler-442b (also known by its Kepler object of interest designation KOI-4742.01) is a confirmed near-Earth-sized exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within...
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    Kepler-16b (formally Kepler-16 (AB)-b) is a Saturn-mass exoplanet consisting of half gas and half rock and ice. It orbits a binary star, Kepler-16, with...
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    Kepler-452 is a G-type main-sequence star located about 1,810 light-years away from Earth in the Cygnus constellation. Although similar in temperature...
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    Kepler-452b (sometimes quoted to be an Earth 2.0 or Earth's Cousin based on its characteristics; also known by its Kepler object of interest designation...
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    Kepler-186 is a main-sequence M1-type dwarf star, located 177.5 parsecs (579 light years) away in the constellation of Cygnus. The star is slightly cooler...
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    Kepler-62 is a K-type main sequence star cooler and smaller than the Sun, located roughly 980 light-years (300 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation...
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    Kepler-90, also designated 2MASS J18574403+4918185, is a F-type star located about 2,790 light-years (855 pc) from Earth in the constellation of Draco...
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    Kepler-186f (also known by its Kepler object of interest designation KOI-571.05) is an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the...
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    with the most confirmed planets are the Sun (the Solar System's star) and Kepler-90, with 8 confirmed planets each, followed by TRAPPIST-1 with 7 planets...
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  • Thumbnail for List of exoplanets discovered by the Kepler space telescope
    The list of exoplanets detected by the Kepler space telescope contains bodies with a wide variety of properties, with significant ranges in orbital distances...
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    mechanics, Kepler's equation relates various geometric properties of the orbit of a body subject to a central force. It was derived by Johannes Kepler in 1609...
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    SN 1604, also known as Kepler's Supernova, Kepler's Nova or Kepler's Star, was a Type Ia supernova that occurred in the Milky Way, in the constellation...
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    Kepler-138, also known as KOI-314, is a red dwarf located in the constellation Lyra, 219 light years from Earth. It is located within the field of vision...
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    Kepler-37b is an exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-37 in the constellation Lyra. As of February 2013[update], it is the smallest planet discovered around...
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    Kepler-438b (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-3284.01) is a confirmed near-Earth-sized exoplanet. It is likely rocky. It orbits...
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  • Earth's perspective, is 14.87. Therefore, Kepler-70 is too dim to be seen with the naked eye. Kepler-70 is an sdB (B-type subdwarf) star with a temperature...
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  • system via NASA's Kepler space telescope in 2012. In November 2013, evidence of a third planet orbiting between the planets b and c, Kepler-47d, was announced...
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  • This is a partial list of exoplanets discovered by the Kepler space telescope, running from star number 1 through 500, inclusive. All lists:  1–500 501–1000...
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  • Kepler-442 is a K-type main-sequence star approximately 1,196 light years from Earth in the constellation Lyra. It is located within the field of vision...
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    Kepler-1649c is an Earth-sized exoplanet, likely rocky, orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Kepler-1649, the outermost planet of...
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    southeast is the crater Encke. Kepler is named for the 17th century German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler. Kepler is most notable for the prominent...
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    Kepler-16 is an eclipsing binary star system in the constellation of Cygnus that was targeted by the Kepler spacecraft. Both stars are smaller than the...
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    Kepler-11, also designated as 2MASS J19482762+4154328, is a Sun-like star slightly larger than the Sun in the constellation Cygnus, located some 2,110...
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  • its planets. Kepler-51 has four planets, discovered between 2013 and 2024. The first planets discovered in the system were Kepler-51 b, c and d, detected...
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    Kepler-78b (formerly known as KIC 8435766 b) is an exoplanet orbiting around the star Kepler-78. At the time of its discovery, it was the exoplanet most...
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