Kepler-10b Earth-size "VULCAN" Exoplanet Confirmed by Kepler Mission 2011

Kepler-10b is an Earth-size exoplanet

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Video and narration: Credit: NASA/Kepler Mission/Dana Berry

NASA's Kepler mission confirmed the discovery of its first rocky planet, named Kepler-10b. Measuring 1.4 times the size of Earth, it is the smallest planet ever discovered outside our solar system. The discovery of this so-called exoplanet is based on more than eight months of data collected by the spacecraft from May 2009 to early January 2010. This video is narrated by Kepler Deputy Science Team Lead Natalie Batalha.

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[kenniaruiz0226]

why dont they look at stars less than 50 light years away...We can't even travel at the speed of light...so if we find a planet that has all the characteristics of earth...It's impossible to get there anyway...It took 7 months to get to mars..and is light-seconds away...1 light year is like 6 trillion miles...imagine 560...someone please explain why look for the impossible??

[SpaceChronologyCom]

@kenniaruiz0226 In this age we cannot go anywhere, even reaching the closest star in a reasonable amount of time is impossible. The point of the Kepler mission is not to find a planet that we can go to, but to establish the frequency of different planet types in our Galaxy.

[SpaceChronologyCom]

Although hundreds candidate Earth-size planets (not in habitable zones) have already been discovered, thus, my aspirations of 2 weeks ago have already been surpassed. These are exciting times to be alive.

[SpaceChronologyCom]

In the coming years we will detect hundreds of Earth-size rocky planets, some of which will be found in habitable zones of their respective stars.

[ah4fecksake]

@SpaceChronologyCom Only two weeks ago you wrote that and today they announced over a thousand....deadly!!

[SpaceChronologyCom]

@ah4fecksake Actually the candidate exoplanets that have been announced by the Kepler team are mostly not Earth-size, roughly 1200 candidate exoplanets have been discovered, however, 54 are in habitable zones and five of those are Earth-size. While this is undoubtedly exciting, it is important not to forget that these exoplanets are still awaiting confirmation. Nevertheless, it seems unlikely that at least one out of these 5 won't get confirmed.

[krazykhrisya]

@RidasRules77 It represesnts improvement in our detecting methods. Also, when considering a habitable world for humans, we need one with a mass similar to Earth, so that we can experience not too much gravity.

[maxjiro25]

@kenniaruiz0226 the closest star to our own, is 4 light year away, traveling there with all the technologie that we have now, would take several thousands years. We want to know if planets that has liquid water are rare or frequent in our galaxy. so far, its fair to say it is frequent

[RidasRules77]

@SpaceChronologyCom Why does it matter if they are Earth Size? As long as they are habitable?

[RidasRules77]

@kenniaruiz0226 You dont need to have patience and time to travel 560 light years, its been discovered that wormholes in space exist, so technically, its possible to get there faster using some complex system, but sending a slow projectile like a telescope, dont expect it to go through a worm hole

[BlueRain450]

i thought thats plane keplur 20b my friend told me

[quietjedi1010101]

You must go to the Mustafar System, wipe-out Viceroy Gunray.

[xboxed720]

dang 560 light years away thats far!

[sobowman]

no way thats vulcan its just red then that would be chyte