# Kepler's Legacy: From Piazzi's Asteroids to Modern Exoplanets
Published: January 6, 2026
Duration: 1:33
# This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast.
Good evening, stargazers! Today we're celebrating January 6th, a date that marks one of the most delightfully named astronomical events in modern history: the discovery of the **Pluto-Charon system's mutual eclipses** beginning in 1985, but more importantly, we're looking back at **January 6, 2010**, when NASA's Kepler Space Telescope observed one of its first major planetary discoveries in the making!
But here's the really fun part – January 6th is also the anniversary of a fascinating celestial alignment observation! On this very date in 1822, the famous astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi made critical observations that helped co...
Good evening, stargazers! Today we're celebrating January 6th, a date that marks one of the most delightfully named astronomical events in modern history: the discovery of the **Pluto-Charon system's mutual eclipses** beginning in 1985, but more importantly, we're looking back at **January 6, 2010**, when NASA's Kepler Space Telescope observed one of its first major planetary discoveries in the making!
But here's the really fun part – January 6th is also the anniversary of a fascinating celestial alignment observation! On this very date in 1822, the famous astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi made critical observations that helped co...