Kepler, 1st Exoplanet Spotted By NASA
- According to the researchers from the University of Hawaii in the US, the exoplanet known as Kepler-1658 b is a massive hot Jupiter that whips around its star every 3.85 days.
- Ten years after it was launched, the first exoplanet candidate spotted by NASA’s Kepler space telescope has finally been confirmed as a real world.
Kepler-1658 b
- Kepler-1658 b is 50 per cent more massive and three times larger than the Sun.
- The newly confirmed planet orbits at a distance of only twice the star’s diameter, making it one of the closest that resembles a future version of our Sun.
- Standing on the ....
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