History
The GSC 03547-01402 system is within the field of view of the now operational Kepler Mission spacecraft, which confirmed the transit and orbital properties of the planet with significantly improved confidence and observed occultation and light curve characteristics consistent with a strongly absorbing atmosphere with limited advection to the night side. In testing itself on HAT-P-7b, Kepler proved it was sensitive enough to detect Earth-like planets.
In August 2009, it was announced that HAT-P-7b may have a retrograde orbit, based upon measurements of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect. This announcement came only a day after the announcement of the first planet discovered with such an orbit, WASP-17b.
On July 4, 2011, HAT-P-7b was the subject of the Hubble Space Telescope's one millionth science observation.
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