KEPLER: Search for Earth-Size Planets in the Habitable Zone

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Feb 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009iaus..253..289b&link_type=abstract

Transiting Planets, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 253, p. 289-299

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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The Kepler Mission is a space-based mission whose primary goal is to determine the frequency of Earth-size and larger planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars. The mission will monitor more than 100,000 stars for patterns of transits with a differential photometric precision of 20 ppm at V = 12 for a 6.5 hour transit. It will also provide asteroseismic results on several thousand dwarf stars. It is specifically designed to continuously observe a single field of view of greater than 100 square degrees for 3.5 or more years.
This paper provides a short overview of the mission, a brief history of the mission development, expected results, new investigations by the recently chosen Participating Scientists, and the plans for the Guest Observer and Astrophysical Data Programs.

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