... Credit Copyright: David A. Aguilar ( CfA ) Explanation: Even though Kepler-78b is only slightly larger than the Earth, it should not exist. ... Illustrated above in comparison with the Earth, Kepler-78b was discovered by eclipse with the Earth-orbiting Kepler spacecraft and further monitored for subtle wobbles by the HARPS - North , a spectrograph attached to the 3.6-meter Telescopio Nazionale Galileo in the Canary Islands . ... Publications with keywords: extrasolar planet . ...

... 2014 July 9 . Gliese 832c: The Closest Potentially Habitable Exoplanet . ... Recently discovered exoplanet Gliese 832c has been found in a close orbit around a star that is less bright than our Sun. ... If Gliese 832c has an atmosphere like Earth, it may be a super-Earth undergoing strong seasons but capable of supporting life. ... The close 16-light year distance makes the Gliese 832 planetary system currently the nearest to Earth that could potentially support life. ... About APOD | ...

... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... Looking in the direction of the constellation Cygnus the Swan and launched by NASA in 2009 is the Kepler Space Observatory.Many previous missions searching for exoplanets mainly detected large giant planets, like large hot Jupiters (it is easier to detect larger planets).However KeplerтАЩs main objective is to search for much smaller planets located in a habitable zone which is not too close nor too far from their star; planets which may be just like our Earth. ...

home publications > mercury . SEARCH ASP SITE: Match ALL words Match ANY word . ... Publications of the ASP (PASP) . ... Planet-Building on the Grandest Scales . ... The extrasolar planets discovered to this time are believed to be giant gaseous planets similar to Jupiter and Saturn. ... This, together with the large masses of the extrasolar planets discovered to date, has led researchers to conclude that all the extrasolar worlds are giant gaseous planets similar to Jupiter and Saturn. ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. December 17, 1996 . Mariner's Mercury . ... Explanation: Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, remains the most mysterious of the Solar System's inner planets. ... The only spacecraft to explore Mercury close-up was Mariner 10 which executed 3 flybys of Mercury in 1974 and 1975, surveying approximately 45 percent of its surface. ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... The Magazine . ... Star Atlas . ... An artificial comet holds secrets to Earths life . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Observing springtime deep-sky objects with a large telescope . ... The planet has extreme temperature swings and perhaps active lava flows. ... A digital supplement to Astronomy magazine. ... Join TravelQuest International with Astronomy and Discover magazines on one of three great tour options surrounding this celestial spectacle . ... Astronomy Magazine . ...

Asteroid 2004 MN4 was discovered on the 19th of June 2004 by Roy Tucker, David Tholen and Fabrizio Bernardi of the University of Hawaii Asteroid Survey from Kitt Peak Arizona. ... After a few days it was recognized that it would make several close approaches to Earth in the 21st century. ... These distances were calculated by the Near Earth Object Dynamic Site using data available up to 2005 February, to check for updates go to Near Earth Object Dynamic Site . ... PHA Close Approaches To The Earth . ...

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