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Kepler-22b

extrasolar planet
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  • Kepler satellite
    Kepler

    One of these, Kepler-22b, has a radius 2.4 times that of Earth and was the first planet found within the habitable zone of a star like the Sun. Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f were the first Earth-size planets to be found (their radii are 0.87 and 1.03 times the radius…

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    One of these, Kepler-22b, has a radius 2.4 times that of Earth and was the first planet found within the habitable zone of a star like the Sun. Kepler-20e and Kepler-20f were the first Earth-size planets to be found (their radii are 0.87 and 1.03 times the radius…

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