Kepler-22b (also known by its Kepler Object of Interest designation KOI-087.01) is an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the Sun-like star Kepler-22. It is located about 640 light …

Jul 7, 2025 · NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery. Kepler-22 b is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits a …

Mar 6, 2009 · Kepler, U.S. satellite that detected extrasolar planets. During its missions it discovered 2,662 extrasolar planets, about two-thirds of all planets then known. Kepler …

Sep 21, 2025 · Kepler was designed to monitor about 100,000 main-sequence stars over a period of three-and-a-half years. During its first six weeks of operation, Kepler discovered five …

List of exoplanets discovered by the Kepler space telescope. The list of exoplanets detected by the Kepler space telescope contains bodies with a wide variety of properties, with significant …

Jul 27, 2024 · Kepler-22b was the first exoplanet ever discovered lying inside its parent star’s habitable zone. It was discovered by the now-retired Kepler Space Telescope and, at the time, …

Nov 11, 2025 · Johannes Kepler, German astronomer who discovered three major laws of planetary motion. His discoveries turned Nicolaus Copernicus’s Sun-centered system into a …

Johannes Kepler 's laws improved the model of Copernicus. According to Copernicus: [3][4] The planetary orbit is a circle with epicycles. The Sun is approximately at the center of the orbit. …

Oct 30, 2018 · Kepler has discovered a diversity of planet types, opening our eyes to new possibilities. The most common size of planet Kepler found doesn’t exist in our solar system — …

Although there is no evidence that Kepler-22b is a rocky planet, it is the first confirmed planet with a measured radius to orbit in the habitable zone of any star other than the Sun.