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The animation shows an overhead view of the orbital position of the planets in systems with multiple transiting planets discovered by NASA's Kepler mission.  All the colored planets have been verified.  More vivid colors indicate planets that have been confirmed by their gravitational interactions with each other or the star. Several of these systems contain additional planet candidates (shown in grey) that have not yet been verified.
2012 Jan 26: Kepler's Planetary Systems in Motion
01/26/2012

The animation shows an overhead view of the orbital position of the planets in systems with multiple transiting planets discovered by NASA's Kepler mission.  All the colored planets have been verified.  More vivid colors indicate planets that have been confirmed by their gravitational interactions with each other or the star. Several of these systems contain additional planet candidates (shown in grey) that have not yet been verified.

Credit: NASA Ames/Dan Fabrycky, UC Santa Cruz

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