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Kepler-963
Kepler-963 is a G-type star about 771 pc away in the Kepler field with two confirmed transiting planets: sub-Neptune Kepler-963 b (2.66 Earth radii, 9.98-day orbit, 2016) and the 0.6-Earth-radius ultra-short-period planet Kepler-963 c (0.92-day orbit, 2024).
Kepler-967
Kepler-967 is a K-type star with two confirmed transiting planets, Kepler-967 b (Neptune-like, 13.2-day period, 6.12 Earth masses) and Kepler-967 c (198.7-day period, 3.65 Earth radii), both confirmed in 2016 via the transit method.
Kepler-968
Kepler-968, also cataloged as KIC 11853878, is a K dwarf star about 290 parsecs away with three confirmed transiting super-Earth planets of 1.69 to 2.58 Earth radii orbiting within 7.7 days.
Kepler-969
Kepler-969 is a K-type star about 5,243 K in surface temperature with two confirmed transiting planets, announced in 2016 from data gathered by NASA's Kepler space telescope.
Kepler-97
Kepler-97 (KIC 11075737, KOI-292) is a metal-poor G-type star about 401 pc away with two confirmed 2014 planets: super-Earth Kepler-97 b (1.48 R_E, 3.51 M_E, 2.59-day transit orbit) and non-transiting giant Kepler-97 c (>1.08 M_J, >789-day period).
Kepler-974
Kepler-974 (KOI-1843) is an M dwarf 134 pc away with two confirmed transiting planets: the 4.25-hour ultra-short-period KOI-1843.03 (0.61 Earth radii) and the super-Earth Kepler-974 b (1.57 Earth radii, 4.2-day orbit), plus candidate KOI-1843.02.
Kepler-975
Kepler-975 is a K-type star about 426 pc away in the Kepler field with two confirmed transiting planets: super-Earth Kepler-975 b (1.48 Earth radii, 1.97-day period, 2016) and Jupiter-sized Kepler-975 c (10.69 Earth radii, 5.06-day period, 2023).
Kepler-990
Kepler-990 is a Sun-like star (0.96 solar radii, 5577 K) with two confirmed transiting planets validated in 2016: Kepler-990 b, a 7.27-Earth-mass Neptune-like world in a 9.9-day orbit, and Kepler-990 c, a 1.53-Earth-radius planet orbiting every 0.54 days.
Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron
A Kepler–Poinsot polyhedron, also called a Kepler–Poinsot solid, is one of the four regular star polyhedra, non-convex counterparts of the Platonic solids, named for Kepler and Poinsot.
Kepler's equation
Kepler's equation is the relation M = E - e sin E connecting position on an elliptical orbit to elapsed time, solved only by numerical iteration.
Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Kepler's laws of planetary motion, published by Johannes Kepler between 1609 and 1619, state that planets orbit the Sun in ellipses, sweep equal areas in equal times, and obey a period-distance relation.
Kepler's Supernova
Kepler's Supernova, also known as Kepler's Star, was a Type Ia supernova in Ophiuchus seen from Earth in 1604, the last supernova observed in the Milky Way.
Kepoi
Kepoi (Greek Κῆποι) was an ancient Greek colony on the Taman Peninsula, Russia, founded by Miletus in the 6th century BC and abandoned in the 4th century AD.
Keppel Ltd
Keppel Ltd is a Singapore-headquartered global asset manager and operator focused on infrastructure, real estate, and connectivity, formed from a former conglomerate that divested its offshore and marine business.
Keppel Merlimau cogeneration power station
Keppel Merlimau cogeneration power station, also known as Keppel Merlimau Cogen, is a 1,300 MW gas-fired power station on Jurong Island, Singapore, supplying about 14% of its electricity.
Keppen-Lubinsky syndrome
Keppen-Lubinsky syndrome (KPLBS, OMIM 614098), a rare autosomal dominant KCNJ6/GIRK2 channelopathy causing generalized lipodystrophy, progeroid features, severe intellectual disability, and facial dysmorphism; de novo selectivity-filter mutations, fewer than 1 in 1,000,000 prevalence.
Kepulauan Bangka Belitung
Kepulauan Bangka Belitung (Babel), Indonesia's 31st province, formed 21 November 2000 by UU No. 27/2000 from South Sumatra; capital Pangkalpinang; two main islands, Bangka and Belitung; tin-producing island province.
Keqiang Ye
Keqiang Ye (叶克强) is a Chinese neuroscientist who discovered the AEP enzyme driving Alzheimer's pathology and developed the α-synuclein PET tracer F0502B; he is dean at Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology.
Keqin (Yuanwu Keqin)
Yuanwu Keqin (圜悟克勤, 1063–1135) was a Chinese Chan (Zen) Buddhist master of the Linji school whose lectures on Xuedou's hundred koan cases became the Blue Cliff Record, the premier work of the Chan school.
Keqing system
The Keqing system (客卿制度) was Qin's practice of granting high ministerial rank to men from other states, flourishing in the Warring States period and helping staff Qin's government.
Keqiong Ye
Keqiong Ye (叶克穷) is a Chinese structural biologist who has led a research group at the Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, since 2014, known for crystal structures of box C/D and H/ACA snoRNPs.
Kerait conversion to Nestorian Christianity
The Kerait conversion to Nestorian Christianity was the acceptance of the Church of the East by the Kerait, a Turco-Mongol confederation of central Mongolia, around 1007 to 1009.
Keraites
The Keraites, also Kereit or Khereid, were a Turco-Mongol tribal confederation that ruled the Orkhon river valley until Chinggis Khan defeated them in the early 1200s.
Kerak
Kerak, today Al-Karak (Arabic: الكرك), is a town in west-central Jordan on a butte 24 kilometers east of the Dead Sea, identified with the biblical Kir of Moab.
Kerak Inscription
The Kerak Inscription, also called the El-Kerak Inscription, is a three-line Moabite-language inscription on polished basalt found at Kerak, Jordan, in 1958 and dated to the late 9th century BC.
Kerala (കേരളം)
Kerala (കേരളം), southwestern Indian state formed 1 November 1956 from Travancore-Cochin, Malabar, and Kasaragod; capital Thiruvananthapuram, 38,863 sq km, Malayalam-speaking, famed for the Kerala model of high human development.
Kerala backwaters
The Kerala backwaters, also called the Backwaters of Kerala, are a network of canals, lakes, and lagoons stretching over 900 kilometers along India's Malabar Coast, best known for houseboat cruises and tourism.
Kerala Bhasha Sahitya Charitram
Kerala Bhasha Sahitya Charitram (കേരളഭാഷാസാഹിത്യചരിത്രം) is a Malayalam history of Kerala's language and literature by R. Narayana Panicker, first published in 1946 in six parts and still cited in university syllabi.
Kerala Blasters FC (കേരള ബ്ലാസ്റ്റേഴ്സ് എഫ്.സി.)
Kerala Blasters FC (കേരള ബ്ലാസ്റ്റേഴ്സ് എഫ്.സി.), KBFC, ISL franchise founded 2014 in Kochi; three-time ISL runner-up (2014, 2016, 2022), home Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Manjappada fan group, Al Fursan takeover announced 2026.
Kerala Cafe
Kerala Cafe (കേരള കഫെ) is a 2009 Malayalam anthology film of ten short films by ten directors, conceived and produced by Ranjith, linked by a railway cafe and the theme of a journey, released 29 October 2009.