NASA Releases Kepler Survey Catalog with Hundreds of New Planet Candidates
Monday, June 19, 2017 - 10:41
in Astronomy & Space
Portal origin URL: NASA Releases Kepler Survey Catalog with Hundreds of New Planet CandidatesPortal origin nid: 403937Published: Monday, June 19, 2017 - 11:18Featured (stick to top of list): noPortal text teaser: NASA’s Kepler space telescope team has released a mission catalog of planet candidates that introduces 219 new planet candidates, 10 of which are near-Earth size and orbiting in their star's habitable zone, which is the range of distance from a star where liquid water could pool on the surface of a rocky planet.Portal image: NASA’s Kepler space telescope team has identified 219 new planet candidates, 10 of which are near-Earth size.Science Categories: Universe