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Old September 13th 11, 03:02 PM posted to alt.astronomy
Brad Guth[_3_]
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Default Size of New Found Planets,and Numbers

On Sep 13, 6:18*am, "G=EMC^2" wrote:
Well back in 2008 I read there were 50 Earth size planets 185 about 30%nlarger,and 640 about 2.2 times the size of Earth.Now we have ti Kepler saterlite I would like to know how many it has found in the last 3 years? *TreBert


Google search: kepler exoplanets

only 196,000 hits

http://news.discovery.com/space/new-...ed-110912.html
http://www.space.com/10742-kepler-exoplanets-data.html

Most stars have or once had planets, though if only 10% qualify is
still allot of planets when you consider 1e12 galaxies and perhaps
5e11 stars per galaxy.

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