What If All of Kepler’s Exoplanets Orbited the Same Star?

That’s exactly the scenario shown by a mesmerizing animation called “Worlds” by Alex Parker — 2299 multiple-transit planetary candidates identified to date by NASA’s Kepler space telescope, currently scrutinizing a field of view within the constellation Cygnus to detect the oh-so-faint reductions in brightness caused by planets passing in front of their stars.The search requires patience and precision; it’s not really this crowded out there.(...)Read the rest of What If All of Kepler’s Exoplanets Orbited the Same Star? (205 words)© Jason Major for Universe Today, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Post tags: Alex Parker, animation, candidates, exoplanets, Kepler, orbit, video Feed enhanced by Better Feed from Ozh