This artist’s concept illustrates the two Saturn-sized planets discovered by NASA’s Kepler missi...

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2010-08-26 20:46:10

This artist’s concept illustrates the two Saturn-sized planets discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission. The star system is oriented edge-on, as seen by Kepler, such that both planets cross in front, or transit, their star, named Kepler-9. This is the first star system found to have multiple transiting planets.

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