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Kepler Space Telescope's Discoveries
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Kepler-20e
Year of Discovery: 2011, Interesting Features: One of the first Earth-sized exoplanets discovered, closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun.
Kepler-37b
Year of Discovery: 2013, Interesting Features: Smallest exoplanet measured by the transit method, smaller than Mercury.
Kepler-62
Year of Discovery: 2013, Interesting Features: Hosts a five-planet system with potentially habitable worlds, orbits a K-type star.
Kepler-62e
Year of Discovery: 2013, Interesting Features: Super-Earth in the habitable zone, possibly covered with extensive oceans.
Kepler-442b
Year of Discovery: 2015, Interesting Features: One of the most Earth-like planets, in its star's habitable zone.
Kepler-138d
Year of Discovery: 2015, Interesting Features: First exoplanet smaller than Earth to have both its mass and size measured, part of a multiplanet system.
Kepler-186f
Year of Discovery: 2014, Interesting Features: First Earth-size planet found in the habitable zone of a red dwarf.
Kepler-62f
Year of Discovery: 2013, Interesting Features: Likely a rocky planet, resides in the habitable zone of its star.
Kepler-7b
Year of Discovery: 2010, Interesting Features: One of the first five exoplanets discovered by Kepler, has a very low density.
Kepler-21b
Year of Discovery: 2011, Interesting Features: Very close proximity to its host star, one of the brightest stars known to have a planet.
Kepler-11g
Year of Discovery: 2011, Interesting Features: Part of a six-planet system, very flat orbital configuration.
Kepler-1649c
Year of Discovery: 2020, Interesting Features: Closest to Earth in size and temperature discovered thus far, orbits a red dwarf star.
Kepler-22b
Year of Discovery: 2011, Interesting Features: First Kepler planet in the habitable zone, Similar in size to Earth.
Kepler-69c
Year of Discovery: 2013, Interesting Features: Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star.
Kepler-10b
Year of Discovery: 2011, Interesting Features: First confirmed rocky exoplanet, tidally locked to its star.
Kepler-9b
Year of Discovery: 2010, Interesting Features: First confirmed exoplanet system with multiple planets transiting the same star.
Kepler-16b
Year of Discovery: 2011, Interesting Features: Often referred to as 'Tatooine', orbits a binary star system.
Kepler-90i
Year of Discovery: 2017, Interesting Features: Eighth planet found in the Kepler-90 system, making its solar system resemble ours.
Kepler-452b
Year of Discovery: 2015, Interesting Features: Known as 'Earth's cousin', orbits a G-type star.
Kepler-444
Year of Discovery: 2015, Interesting Features: Ancient system of five small planets, over twice as old as our solar system.
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