[meteorite-list] Exoplanets Galore!

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 16:37:18 -0600
Message-ID: <7DE18E53BB62409DB8F6A289E313DFC8_at_ATARIENGINE2>

NASA releases Kepler data: 1200+ candidate planets.
68 are Earth-sized, 288 are super-Earth sized, 622
are similar to Neptune, and 165 are as big as Jupiter.
54 of the candidates orbit in the habitable zone and
1 is smaller than Earth.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704775604576120353796259940.html

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/02/kepler-data-dump/

A list of today's stories. More to come...
http://news.google.com/news/more?hl=en&safe=off&q=exoplanets+nasa+kepler+press+conference&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ncl=de78StEa_GiQ1kMFXBy2W1CcNV6PM&ei=PdpJTbSMHMGblgefstwS&sa=X&oi=news_result&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQqgIwAA


Sterling K. Webb
Received on Wed 02 Feb 2011 05:37:18 PM PST