Tag: Kepler-1658 b

Sound waves propagating through the stellar interior were used to characterize the star and the planet. Kepler-1658b, orbiting with a period of just 3.8 days, was the first exoplanet candidate discovered by Kepler nearly 10 years ago. Credit: Gabriel Perez Diaz/Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias

Kepler-1658 b: Very First Exoplanet Confirmed Ten Years After Initial Discovery

MessageToEagle.com | March 17, 2019

Eddie Gonzales Jr. – MessageToEagle.com – An international team of astronomers confirmed the first exoplanet candidate identified by NASA’s Kepler Mission, launched almost exactly 10 years ago. Kepler Space