▁at ▁the ▁Boston ▁meeting ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Astronom ical ▁Society ▁on ▁May ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁Ke pler - 1 0 c ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁Ke pler ▁target ▁to ▁be ▁observed ▁using ▁Sp itzer ▁with ▁the ▁hope ▁of ▁detect ing ▁a ▁shall ow ▁trans it ▁dip ▁in ▁a ▁light ▁curve . ▁At ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁Ke pler - 1 0 c ' s ▁discovery , ▁Sp itzer ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁facility ▁capable ▁of ▁detect ing ▁shall ow ▁trans its ▁in ▁the ▁Ke pler ▁data ▁to ▁an ▁extent ▁at ▁which ▁the ▁data ▁could ▁be ▁meaning fully ▁analyz ed . ▁The ▁planet ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁third ▁trans iting ▁planet ▁that ▁was ▁valid ated ▁through ▁an ▁analysis ▁of ▁statistical ▁data ▁( r ather ▁than ▁actual ▁observation ), ▁after ▁the ▁plan ets ▁Ke pler - 9 d ▁and ▁Ke pler - 1 1 g . ▁In ▁Ke pler - 1 0 c ' s ▁confirm ation ▁paper , ▁the ▁Ke pler ▁team ▁discussed ▁how ▁a ▁large ▁fraction ▁of ▁plan ets ▁in ▁Ke pler ' s ▁field ▁of ▁view ▁would ▁be ▁confirmed ▁in ▁this ▁statistical ▁manner . ▁ ▁Host ▁star ▁ ▁Ke pler - 1 0 ▁is ▁a ▁G - type ▁star ▁located ▁ 1 8 7 ▁parse cs ▁( 6 0 8 ▁light ▁years ) ▁from ▁Earth . ▁It ▁is ▁ 0 . 8 9 5 ▁solar ▁masses ▁and ▁ 1 . 0 5 6 ▁solar ▁rad ii , ▁making ▁it ▁slightly ▁less ▁massive ▁than ▁the ▁Sun , ▁but ▁approximately