... Planets . ... Stars . Exoplanets . ... Most exoplanets so far discovered fall into the category of тАШhot JupitersтАЩ, these are giant planets orbiting very close to their parent star. ... Note that we have discovered so many hot Jupiters because they are the easiest type of planet to find, they are not necessarily particularly common in the galaxy. ... Subsequently several similar hot and€а fuzzy worlds have been discovered the same way, proving this that this planet is not a one-off oddball. ...

... What is a planet? ... When they finally came up with an answer it had big consequences: The number of planets in our Solar System went from nine to eight! ... Then, in 2005, astronomers found an object in the outer Solar System, called Eris, which they thought was bigger than Pluto. ... However, recently astronomers were able to measure the size of the dwarf planet Eris more accurately and they have discovered that it isn t bigger than Pluto after all they re actually about the same size. ...

Discover the cosmos! ... 2013 November 5 . Kepler-78b: Earth-Sized Planet Discovered . ... 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-trailing 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 . ... About APOD | ...

... NASA , NSF Explanation: Is our Earth unique? In continuing efforts to answer this question, astronomers have now discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a distant normal star. ... Slight, fast, but regular wobbles of nearby small M - dwarf star Gliese 876 showed evidence for a planet with a likely mass slightly higher than a minimum six times the mass of Earth. ... Publications with keywords: planets - Earth - Gliese 876 . Publications with words: planets - Earth - Gliese 876 . ...

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... This artist's impression shows the remarkable planetary system around the Sun-like star HD 10180 five planets and evidence for two more. ... Richest Planetary System Discovered . ... This remarkable discovery also highlights the fact that we are now entering a new era in exoplanet research: the study of complex planetary systems and not just of individual planets. ... The newly discovered system of planets around HD 10180 is unique in several respects. ...

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... Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, +44 (0)28 3752 2928 . Asteroid 2010 SO16 and the Earth follow similar orbits around . the Sun. ... out a horseshoe shape in space, taking 175 years to go from . ... Asteroid 2010 SO16 takes 175 years to make the trip from one end of the horseshoe to the other. ... Currently, three other horseshoe companions of the Earth are known to exist but, unlike 2010 SO16, these linger for a few thousand years at most before moving on to different orbits. ...

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