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	Kepler Discoveries Kepler's first discoveries announced!...at the American Astronomical Society in "Washington DC, 2010 January 4.Click on Planet Name to see light curves, finding charts, and get more information about the planet. Planetary Characteristics Planetary Orbit Stellar Characteristics Name Mass Radius Density Temperature Period Semi-Major axis Eccentricity Inclination Distance Effective Temperature Stellar Mass Stellar Radius Metallicity Right Ascension Declination V Kp LastUpdated Jupiter masses Earth masses Jupiter radii Earth radii grams/cc Kelvin days AU degrees parsecs Kelvin Solar masses Solar radii [Fe/H] hh mm ssJ2000 deg mm ssJ2000 Mag Mag The first 3 planets listed were discovered by Kepler team members using ground-based observations. They are listed to allow for inclusion of improved planetary and stellar properties from the Kepler data. TrES-2Kepler 1b 1.199 1.272 2.470614 0.03556 0 83.62 220 5850 0.98 1 -0.15 19 07 14 +49 18 59 11.41 11.3 2010/01/04 HAT-P-7 bKepler 2b 1.8 1.421 3160 2.2047298 0.0379 0 84.1 320 6350 1.520 1.991 +0.26 19 28 59 +47 58 10 10.5 10.5 2010/01/17 HAT-P-11 bKepler 3b 0.081 0.452 4.887804 0.053 0.198 88.5 38 4780 0.81 0.75 +0.31 19 50 50 +48 04 51 9.59 9.2 2010/01/04 Kepler discoveries: Kepler 4b 0.077 0.357 1.91 1650 3.2135 0.04558 (0) 89.76 550 5857 1.223 1.487 +0.17 19 02 28 +50 08 09 12.6 12.2 2010/01/17 Kepler 5b 2.114 1.431 0.894 1868 3.5485 0.05064 (0) 86.3 6297 1.374 1.793 +0.04 19 57 38 +44 02 06 13.9 13.4 2010/01/17 Kepler 6b 0.669 1.323 0.352 1500 3.2347 0.04567 (0) 86.8 5647 1.209 1.391 +0.34 19 47 21 +48 14 24 13.8 13.3 2010/01/17 Kepler 7b 0.433 1.478 0.166 1540 4.8855 0.06224 (0) 86.5 5933 1.347 1.843 +0.11 19 14 20 +41 05 23 13.3 12.9 2010/01/17 Kepler 8b 0.603 1.419 0.261 1764 3.5225 0.0483 (0) 84.07 1330 6213 1.213 1.486 -0.055 18 45 09 +42 27 04 13.9 13.6 2010/01/17 Earth and Jupiter for comparison: Sun for comparison: Earth 0.00314 1.000 0.089 1.000 5.515 255 365.25 1.000 0.016 5860 1.000 1.000 0.00 Jupiter 1.000 317.82 1.00 11.21 1.33 124 4330.60 5.204 0.0484 5860 1.000 1.000 0.00 See Papers on Kepler Discoveries. See also: Light Curves of stars observed by Kepler (not planet candidates). See Illustrations for Kepler Discoveries Things to put on your computer to stay up-to-date on exoplanet discoveries: Desktop Widget - http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/widget.cfm The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia: http://exoplanet.eu/ I-Phone app: "Exoplanets" (free) - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/exoplanet/id327702034?mt=8