Kepler Mission |
Kepler Mission |
Sep 24 2005, 04:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 147 Joined: 3-July 04 From: Chicago, IL Member No.: 91 |
This NASA Discovery mission is to be launched in June 2008 and will search for Earth-size and smaller planets. Launch was originally scheduled in 2007 but delayed by 8 months due to "funding constraints".
Here's the official web site: http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov/ |
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Aug 1 2009, 12:24 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 252 Joined: 5-May 05 From: Mississippi (USA) Member No.: 379 |
NASA TV Schedule
August 6, Thursday 2 p.m. - Kepler Mission News Conference - HQ (Public and Media Channels) That's 18:00 GMT/UTC for those who don't live on the U.S. east coast. |
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Aug 1 2009, 06:05 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627 |
August 6, Thursday 2 p.m. - Kepler Mission News Conference - HQ (Public and Media Channels) Look forward to this, but... Like to see the list of presenters.... Remember, what the general public considers newsworthy is not the same as what most of us here on UMSF would consider newsworthy. I would not expect any firm planetary announcements... way too soon for that. But do expect a report on sensitivity and maybe a qualitative hint about first look candidates. Any actual transits will need RV confirmations which take time. Then again... I hope they blow my news conference prediction away. Maybe Mongo and all of us will get a neat present. Craig |
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Aug 2 2009, 02:39 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 128 Joined: 10-December 06 From: Atlanta Member No.: 1472 |
Any actual transits will need RV confirmations which take time. I'm not sure about RV confirmation. Kepler is different from Corot. It is possible to confirm planetary candidates detected by Corot using RV, but Kepler is much more sensitive and most of its detections will fall below detection level of currently available spectrographs (HARPS and SOPHIE). Of course, RV method is still useful in rejection background binaries. I suspect most of the "planets" found by Kepler will remain in candidate status for a while. |
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