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exoplanets
Name: Kepler-904 b
A potentially rocky world, larger than Earth.
Distance from Earth: 3,190 light-years
Year discovered: 2016
Discovered by: Kepler
Planet radius: 1.77 x Earth
Orbital period: 3.02 day(s)
🌕 Is this the first exomoon?
Astronomers have detected evidence of a Jupiter-mass object orbiting a brown dwarf that itself orbits a star.
Moon? Planet? Exosatellite?
Join Dr. Franck Marchis and lead author Kevin Hoy on SETI Live to unpack this wonderfully weird system.
📅 Wednesday, August 26
⏰ 2:30 p.m. PDT
📺 Live on SETI Institute channels
