List of articles in "Planet" category - Page 9

Kepler-69b is the innermost planet of the Kepler-69 system. It is likely a hot super-Earth or mini-Neptune.

Kepler-62b is the innermost and the second smallest discovered exoplanet orbiting the star Kepler-62 with a diameter roughly 30% larger than Earth. It was found using the transit method in […]

Kepler-62d is the third innermost and the largest exoplanet discovered orbiting the star Kepler-62 with a size roughly twice the diameter of Earth. It was found using the transit method […]

Kepler-62c is an approximately Mars-sized exoplanet discovered in orbit around the star Kepler-62 the second innermost of five discovered by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft around Kepler-62. At the time of discovery […]

Kepler-62e is a super-Earth exoplanet (extrasolar planet) discovered in orbit around the star Kepler-62 the second outermost of five such planets discovered by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft. Kepler-62e is located about […]

2011 QF99 is the first and as of 2013 the only Uranus trojan identified. It was discovered in 2011 during a deep survey of trans-Neptunian objects conducted with the Canada–France–Hawaii […]

2003 BR47 also written 2003 BR47 is an Apollo asteroid but also an Earth crosser and a Mars crosser.It was discovered on January 31 2003 by the LINEAR program. As […]

(85640) 1998 OX4 also written 1998 OX4 is an Apollo asteroid and a Mars crosser.It was discovered on July 26 1998 by the Spacewatch program and subsequently lost. It was […]

KOI-494.01 is a recently discovered candidate exoplanet in the constellation of Cygnus. If its existence is confirmed it could be the most Earth-like planet yet at 99% ESI (Earth Similarity […]

2012 KP24 (also written 2012 KP24) is a near-Earth asteroid with an observation arc of only 5 days and has a modestly determined orbit for an object of its size. […]