Name: Kepler-1718 b
A Neptune-like giant planet.
Distance from Earth: 1,225 light-years
Year discovered: 2021
Discovered by: Kepler
Planet radius: 2.569 x Earth
Orbital period: 135.19 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/Kepler-1718_b

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Name: Kepler-491 b
A giant planet composed mainly of gas.
Distance from Earth: 2,057 light-years
Year discovered: 2016
Discovered by: Kepler
Planet radius: 8.92 x Earth
Orbital period: 4.23 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/Kepler-491_b

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So, conceptually, there are certain planetary bodies that may be more conducive to life than Earth ("Superhabitable Planets"). Some planets around mid-type K dwarfs might fit that concept, maybe, in the model.

Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asna.20240081

#Exoplanets #Habitability #Astronomy

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “Midtransit times & orbit parameters of WASP-19b” by Biswas S. et al.
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/170/133
#Exoplanets #Photometry #VisibleAstronomy
VizieR J/AJ/170/133

VizieR catalogues

New in the #VirtualObservatory: “Habitable zones of exoplanet host stars” by Gatuzz E. et al.
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/A+A/710/A273
#MultipleStars #XRaySources #Exoplanets
VizieR J/A+A/710/A273

VizieR catalogues

Name: Kepler-514 b
A potentially rocky world, larger than Earth.
Distance from Earth: 1,485 light-years
Year discovered: 2016
Discovered by: Kepler
Planet radius: 1.72 x Earth
Orbital period: 5.65 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/Kepler-514_b

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Name: GJ 720 A b
A Neptune-like giant planet.
Distance from Earth: 51 light-years
Year discovered: 2021
Discovered by: Roque de los Muchachos Observatory
Planet mass: 14 Earths
Orbital period: 19.47 day(s)
Equilibrium temperature: 401° K

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/GJ_720_A_b

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Name: Kepler-1912 b
A potentially rocky world, larger than Earth.
Distance from Earth: 969 light-years
Year discovered: 2021
Discovered by: Kepler
Planet radius: 1.357 x Earth
Orbital period: 6.06 day(s)

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/Kepler-1912_b

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Name: HD 20794 d
A potentially rocky world, larger than Earth.
Distance from Earth: 20 light-years
Year discovered: 2011
Discovered by: La Silla Observatory
Planet mass: 5 Earths
Orbital period: 90.31 day(s)
Equilibrium temperature: 388° K

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/exo/#/planet/HD_20794_d

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