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The first extrasolar planet found to have a density compatible with being a rocky planet is CoRoT-7b in 2009. 55 Cancri e was found to be a terrestrial planet in 2011. First super-Earth orbiting a main sequence star [NB 2] Gliese 876 d: Gliese 876: 2005 Orbits a red dwarf star. First icy extrasolar planet orbiting a main sequence star OGLE-2005 ...
The first evidence of an exoplanet was noted as early as 1917, but was not recognized as such until 2016; no planet discovery has yet come from that evidence. [2] What turned out to be the first detection of an exoplanet was published among a list of possible candidates in 1988, though not confirmed until 2003.
First discovery of lunar water in the form of ice. [note 4] India Chandrayaan-1 [51] [52] 6 March 2009: First space telescope designated to search for Earth-like exoplanets. USA (NASA) Kepler Mission [53] August 2009: First images of the structures in the rings of a planet (rings of Saturn). USA (NASA) ESA Italy (ASI) Cassini–Huygens [54] [55]
On February 26, 2014, NASA announced the discovery of 715 newly verified exoplanets around 305 stars by the Kepler Space Telescope. The exoplanets were found using a statistical technique called "verification by multiplicity". 95% of the discovered exoplanets were smaller than Neptune and four, including Kepler-296f, were less than 2 1/2 the ...
Pages in category "Lists of firsts in outer space" ... List of exoplanet firsts; T. ... Timeline of space exploration;
2.1 Lists of exoplanets by year of discovery. ... List of exoplanet firsts; List of exoplanets discovered by the Kepler space telescope; List of exoplanets observed ...
This is a partial list of exoplanets discovered by the Kepler space telescope, running from star number 2001 through 2500, inclusive. Table keys ...
This is the list of years when at least one confirmed exoplanets were discovered. This is a container category . Due to its scope, it should contain only subcategories .