KOI 74 System

Exoplanetary Scratchpad [SysBP Img]

Contains one of two of a new class of objects discovered in early Kepler data that is too hot to be a planet (12,000K), but too small to be a star (0.4 RJ), and is actually hotter than its host star (10,000K). Possibly a white dwarf star that lost much of its mass to be Jupiter sized, rather than Earth sized. Mass measurements are needed.

KOI 74 System In the News

First batch of five planets discovered by Kepler (2010)

• http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2010/01/11/kepler-space-telescope-finds-five-planets/
• http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/science-technology/Five-New-Planets-Discovered-by-NASAs-Kepler-Spacecraft-81147872.html
• http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1541/1
• http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100104-new-planets-kepler-nasa/
• http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn18335-kepler-telescope-spots-styrofoam-planet.html

Year in Review (2010)

• http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/08/kepler-results-ramps-up-search-extra-solar-planets/

See Also

• Transiting Planets, Kepler Planets