Sentences with phrase «+ planets orbiting stars»

Kepler's found some 2,000 + planets orbiting stars and published its data to allow citizen scientists to confirm their findings.

Not exact matches

Planet b has a close inner orbit around Star A at a semi-major axis of only 0.0717 + / - 0.0034 AUs (Howard et al, 2014).

Astronomers have also observed that planet b is eclipsed by its star by about two minutes (120 + / - 24 seconds) later than would be expected if it has a perfectly circular orbit.

The inner planet, Kepler - 69b, has a radius of 2.24 + / -0.4 Rearth and orbits the host star every 13.7 days.

We designate the planet TrES - 1; its inferred mass is 0.75 +... ▽ More We report the detection of a transiting Jupiter - sized planet orbiting a relatively bright (V = 11.79) K0V star.

The characteristics of the host star are well constrained by high - resolution spectroscopy combined with an asteroseismic analysis of the Kepler photometry, leading to an estimated mass and radius of 0.970 + / - 0.060 M... ▽ More A search of the time - series photometry from NASA's Kepler spacecraft reveals a transiting planet candidate orbiting the 11th magnitude G5 dwarf KIC 10593626 with a period of 290 days.

Designated MOA -2009-BLG-266L b, the planet has a mass of around 10.4 + / - 1.7 Earth - masses and orbits its host star at a semi-major axis of 3.2 +1.9 / -0.5 AUs with an orbital period of 7.6 +7.7 / -1.5 years.

Planet b's orbit around Star A has a semi-major axis of only 0.0717 + / - 0.0034 AUs (Howard et al, 2014).