Kepler-10c - Wikipedia
WEBKepler-10 is a G-type star located 187 parsecs (608 light years) from Earth. It is 0.895 solar masses and 1.056 solar radii, making it slightly less massive than the Sun, but approximately the same size. With an effective temperature …
Kepler-10 c - Science@NASA
WEBKepler-10 c is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits a G-type star. Its mass is 11.4 Earths, it takes 45.3 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.241 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2011.
Kepler-10 - Wikipedia
WEBThe second planet, Kepler-10c, was confirmed on May 23, 2011, based on follow-up observations by the Spitzer Space Telescope. The data shows it has an orbital period of 42.3 days and has a radius more than double that of Earth, but it was initially thought to have a higher density, making it the largest and most massive rocky planet discovered ...
'Godzilla of Earths': Alien Planet 17 Times Heavier Than Our World ...
WEBJun 2, 2014 · BOSTON — Scientists have just discovered the "Godzilla of Earths" — a new type of huge and rocky alien world about 560 light-years from Earth. Dubbed a "mega-Earth," the exoplanet Kepler-10c weighs...
Astronomers Confounded By Massive Rocky World - NASA Jet …
WEBJun 2, 2014 · Kepler-10c orbits a sun-like star every 45 days, making it too hot to sustain life as we know it. It is located about 560 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco. The system also hosts Kepler-10b, the first rocky planet discovered in the Kepler data.
Kepler-10 star system has a mega-Earth! | Science Wire | EarthSky
WEBJun 2, 2014 · The newfound mega-Earth, Kepler-10c, circles a sunlike star once every 45 days. It is located about 560 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation Draco the Dragon.
Kepler-10c: A Huge Rocky Exoplanet - astrobites
WEBJun 6, 2014 · According to planet formation theory, gas giants are more massive than rocky, terrestrial planets. But Kepler-10c is the size of Neptune, and denser than the Earth! Read on to find out more about the discovery of a new class of planets.
Mega-Earth messes with models - Exoplanet Exploration
WEBNov 18, 2013 · Kepler-10c orbits a sun-like star every 45 days, making it too hot to sustain life as we know it. It is located about 560 light-years from Earth in the constellation Draco. The system also hosts Kepler-10b, the first rocky planet discovered in the Kepler data.
Kepler 10c: An Unexpected Heavyweight Earth - KQED
WEBJun 13, 2014 · Kepler 10c was originally spotted in the data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, the most productive extrasolar planet hunter to date. Its diameter was measured to be 2.3 times that of Earth’s, but at the time its mass was unknown.
Kepler-10 Stellar Family Portrait - Science@NASA
WEBNow, in May 2011, the Kepler team is announcing another member of the Kepler-10 family, called Kepler-10c (larger foreground object). It's bigger than Kepler-10b with a radius of 2.2 times that of Earth's, and it orbits the star every 45 days. Both planets would be blistering hot worlds.