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One of two star systems found to have a mini-Neptune planet in the NGC6811 open cluster 6700 ly in Cygnus which has over 450 stars. These are the first this small to have been found in a once dense cluster and the first transiting ones. The stars are about 1 billion years old and planets around 16 day period and about 3 times Earth's radius.
Kepler-66 System Web Pages[]
Kepler-66 System In the News[]
Planets in an Open Cluster (Jun 2013)[]
- See also Kepler-67 System
- http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0626/Galactic-miracle-babies-Smallish-planets-survived-birth-in-stellar-maelstrom?nav=127-csm_category-topStories
- http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2013/pr201317.html
- http://www.space.com/21729-mini-neptune-alien-planets-discovered.html
- http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-two-planets-star-cluster-common-20130626,0,3512162.story
- http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/star-clusters-exoplanet-discovery-130626.htm
- http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/science/2013/06/28/two-planets-discovered-orbiting-stars-crowded-cluster/8caEzlYVOOYB1nqreWaJAI/story.html
- http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2013/06/30/two-planets-discovered-orbiting-stars-crowded-cluster/guKm3WNfS1N75WYah57ciN/story.html
- http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/science/2013/06/28/two-planets-discovered-orbiting-stars-crowded-cluster/8caEzlYVOOYB1nqreWaJAI/story.html