New Planetary System Detected by Kepler Mission (IMAGE)

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New Planetary System Detected by Kepler Mission

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This image shows the relative sizes and orbital periods of the newly discovered planets and the super-Earth candidate as they cross their host star, Kepler-9. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Aug. 26, 2010, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Matthew Holman of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass., and colleagues, was titled, "Kepler-9: A System of Multiple Planets Transiting a Sun-Like Star, Confirmed by Timing Variations."

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Image courtesy of NASA/Kepler/Darin Ragozzine

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