The Kepler Follow-up Observation Program

Details The Kepler Follow-up Observation Program The Kepler Follow-up Observation Program

Jul 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...21012306g&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society Meeting 210, #123.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.332

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The Kepler mission will use a space based, 95 cm Schmidt telescope to survey >100,000 late type dwarf stars for transiting Earth-sized planets over a period of 4 years. Up to 2000 such planets might be detected along with a hundred or more transiting giant planets. About 1000 false positive planet detections, due mainly to eclipsing binary stars, are also expected. A ground based follow-up program is planned to observe all of the planet candidates found by Kepler to weed out these false positives and produce a final catalog with a reliability greater than 95%. In addition, follow-up observations will, where possible, measure the mass of confirmed planets and look for any non-transiting giant planets.
The Kepler Project is Funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as a Discovery Mission.

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