List of articles in "Planet" category - Page 1

Kepler-23b is an exoplanet orbiting Kepler-23 located in the Cygnus constellation. The exoplanet was discovered with the Kepler space telescope in January 2012.The planet is bigger than Earth and its […]

385446 Manwë [ˈmanwe] is a resonant binary Kuiper belt object in a 4:7 mean motion resonance. The secondary Thorondor is estimated to be about half the size of the primary […]

The New Mexico Exoplanet Spectroscopic Survey Instrument (NESSI) is a ground-based instrument specifically designed to study the atmospheres of exoplanets. The $3.5 million instrument is the first purpose-built device for […]

2010 VK201 also written as 2010 VK201 is a trans-Neptunian object and likely dwarf planet.

2013 FZ27 also written 2013 FZ27 is a trans-Neptunian object currently located near the edge of the Kuiper belt. Its discovery was announced on 2 April 2014. It has an […]

2013 FY27 also written 2013 FY27 is a trans-Neptunian object that belongs to the scattered disc (like Eris). Its discovery was announced on 31 March 2014. It has an absolute […]

Main-belt asteroid 28439 Miguelreyes was discovered on 3 January 2000 by Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research team at Socorro. It is named in honor of Miguel Arnold Silverio Reyes who was […]

2012 VP113 also written 2012 VP113 is a planetoid in the outer reaches of the Solar System. It is the object with the largest known perihelion (closest approach to the […]

DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 b (or alias 2MASS J08230313-4912012 b) is an exoplanet (extrasolar planet) / brown dwarf orbiting DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 an L1.5-type brown dwarf. As of March 2014 DENIS-P J082303.1-491201 b […]

2002 RN109 is a minor planet with the second-highest orbital eccentricity of any known minor planet. It also has the sixth-largest heliocentric semi-major axis and aphelion of all known minor […]