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... APOD: 2011 December 7 Kepler 22b: An Almost Earth Orbiting an Almost Sun . ... Recently discovered planet Kepler 22b has therefore instantly become the best place to find life outside our Solar System. ... The planet, Kepler 22b , is over twice the radius of the Earth and orbits slightly closer in, but lies in the habitable zone where liquid water could exist on the surface. ... Whether Kepler 22b actually contains water or life is currently unknown. ... Kepler 78b: Earth Sized Planet Discovered . ...

... 2011 December 7 . Kepler 22b: An Almost Earth Orbiting an Almost Sun . Illustration Credit: NASA / Ames / JPL-Caltech . ... The planet's host star, Kepler 22 , is actually slightly smaller and cooler than the Sun , and lies 600 light-years from Earth toward the constellation of the Swan ( Cygnus ). The planet, Kepler 22b , is over twice the radius of the Earth and orbits slightly closer in, but lies in the habitable zone where liquid water could exist on the surface. ... About APOD | ...

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The basic problems of the Laboratory are connected with researches of dynamics of minor planets and comets. ... THE ORBIT IMPROVEMENT of minor planets from optical and radar observations, . the utilization of minor planet observations for THE DETERMINATION OF ORIENTATION OF STAR CATALOGUES and DETERMINATION OF MASSES OF MINOR PLANETS BY DYNAMICAL METHOD, . THE ESTIMATION OF COLLISION PROBABILITY of minor planets with other bodies and with each other, . ...