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  1. Here’s an interesting new Kepler planet: Kepler-1655b, a gaseous Mini-Neptune that is one of very few planets its size to have a mass measurement. It is 2.2 times the radius of Earth and 5 times the mass, and gets about 147 times more sunlight than Earth. Because the planet orbits so close to the region where atmospheric loss will take hold, it is an interesting target for further study.

    https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.08820

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    2. ProtoJeb21

      ProtoJeb21

      Maybe in the future.

    3. UranianBlue

      UranianBlue

      Could it have a burning-ice surface like Gliese 436b?

    4. ProtoJeb21

      ProtoJeb21

      I’m not too sure. In my opinion, this is likely a Mini-Neptune and not a Mini-GJ 436b because of the low metal (heavy element) content of the host star. 

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