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Kepler Space Telescope's Discoveries

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Kepler-20e

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Year of Discovery: 2011, Interesting Features: One of the first Earth-sized exoplanets discovered, closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun.

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Kepler-37b

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Year of Discovery: 2013, Interesting Features: Smallest exoplanet measured by the transit method, smaller than Mercury.

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Kepler-62

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Year of Discovery: 2013, Interesting Features: Hosts a five-planet system with potentially habitable worlds, orbits a K-type star.

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Kepler-62e

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Year of Discovery: 2013, Interesting Features: Super-Earth in the habitable zone, possibly covered with extensive oceans.

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Kepler-442b

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Year of Discovery: 2015, Interesting Features: One of the most Earth-like planets, in its star's habitable zone.

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Kepler-138d

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Year of Discovery: 2015, Interesting Features: First exoplanet smaller than Earth to have both its mass and size measured, part of a multiplanet system.

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Kepler-186f

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Year of Discovery: 2014, Interesting Features: First Earth-size planet found in the habitable zone of a red dwarf.

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Kepler-62f

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Year of Discovery: 2013, Interesting Features: Likely a rocky planet, resides in the habitable zone of its star.

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Kepler-7b

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Year of Discovery: 2010, Interesting Features: One of the first five exoplanets discovered by Kepler, has a very low density.

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Kepler-21b

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Year of Discovery: 2011, Interesting Features: Very close proximity to its host star, one of the brightest stars known to have a planet.

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Kepler-11g

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Year of Discovery: 2011, Interesting Features: Part of a six-planet system, very flat orbital configuration.

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Kepler-1649c

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Year of Discovery: 2020, Interesting Features: Closest to Earth in size and temperature discovered thus far, orbits a red dwarf star.

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Kepler-22b

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Year of Discovery: 2011, Interesting Features: First Kepler planet in the habitable zone, Similar in size to Earth.

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Kepler-69c

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Year of Discovery: 2013, Interesting Features: Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star.

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Kepler-10b

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Year of Discovery: 2011, Interesting Features: First confirmed rocky exoplanet, tidally locked to its star.

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Kepler-9b

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Year of Discovery: 2010, Interesting Features: First confirmed exoplanet system with multiple planets transiting the same star.

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Kepler-16b

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Year of Discovery: 2011, Interesting Features: Often referred to as 'Tatooine', orbits a binary star system.

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Kepler-90i

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Year of Discovery: 2017, Interesting Features: Eighth planet found in the Kepler-90 system, making its solar system resemble ours.

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Kepler-452b

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Year of Discovery: 2015, Interesting Features: Known as 'Earth's cousin', orbits a G-type star.

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Kepler-444

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Year of Discovery: 2015, Interesting Features: Ancient system of five small planets, over twice as old as our solar system.

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