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cheap air jordan The seven previously known planets in this system range from small, rocky worlds like Kepler 90i to gas giants, which are all packed closer to their star than Earth is to the sun. “There’s a lot of unexplored real estate in the Kepler 90 system.” cheap air jordan

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cheap jordans sale The fully trained neural network examined 670 star systems known to host multiple planets to see whether previous searches had missed anything. It spotted Kepler 90i, as well as a sixth, Earth sized planet around the star Kepler 80. This feat marks the first time cheap jordan shoes for sale free shipping a neural network program has successfully identified new exoplanets in Kepler data, Jessie Dotson, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Ames Research Center said at the teleconference. cheap jordans sale

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cheap jordans in china Tight knitThe Kepler 90 solar system is like a cinched up version of our own: Small cheap retros for sale rocky planets hug the star most tightly, while larger planets hang back. But as seen here, all eight planets’ orbits are packed closer to their star than Earth is to the sun cheap jordans in china.

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