Our solar system is tied for most number of planets around a single star, with the 2017 discovery of an eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a Sun-like star 2,545 light-years from Earth. The planet was discovered in data from NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. . Kepler-90, also designated 2MASS J18574403+4918185, is an F-type star located about 2,790 light-years (855 pc) from Earth in the constellation of Draco. The newly discovered Kepler-90i. . In the vast expanse of the universe, the search for planets beyond our own solar system has captivated the imagination of scientists and stargazers alike. 4 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0. 08) [2] is a super-Earth exoplanet with a radius 1.
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