Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Planets . ... Earth Satellites . ... A Scorched World: too distant to image, Kepler-10b is depicted here by a NASA artist (Image credit: NASA/Kepler Mission/Dana Berry) . The Kepler satellite looks for planets passing between their parent star and Earth. ... Placed beside our homeworld, Kepler-10b would be about 40% wider than Earth. ... Possibly only occasional jagged islands of metal and rock break the monotony of its glowing lava oceans. ...

MINUTES OF THE EIGHTY FOURTH MEETING OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF ARMAGH OBSERVATORY AND PLANETARIUM HELD ON 17 NOVEMBER 2011 AT 10.30 A.M. IN THE CASSINI ROOM, ARMAGH PLANETARIUM Present: His Grace, The Most Reverend A.E.T. Harper (Chairman), Dr F. Byrne, Mr E. Donnelly, Professor A. Hibbert, Dr M. McKay, Professor R. Oudmaijer, ... MINUTES OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF ARMAGH OBSERVATORY AND PLANETARIUM 17 NOVEMBER 2011 PAGE 2 4. ... The report is due in 2011 November. ...