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imran
post Sep 24 2005, 04:23 PM
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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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- imran   Kepler Mission   Sep 24 2005, 04:23 PM
- - djellison   That article states "With the imminent arriva...   May 21 2013, 01:56 PM
- - remcook   Indeed, but they cannot observe the transit.   May 21 2013, 02:56 PM
- - Hungry4info   Ooh but they can! Exoplanets and the Rossiter-...   May 21 2013, 04:56 PM
|- - JRehling   Kepler's results call for follow-up observatio...   May 21 2013, 06:21 PM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (JRehling @ May 21 2013, 06:21 PM) ...   May 21 2013, 07:27 PM
- - remcook   But the R-M effect cannot be used to determine the...   May 21 2013, 06:13 PM
- - Hungry4info   QUOTE ("remcook")But the R-M effect cann...   May 21 2013, 08:20 PM
- - nprev   It's wise to keep in mind that Kepler's pr...   May 21 2013, 11:29 PM
|- - JRehling   nprev, Kepler has certainly filled out our knowled...   May 22 2013, 06:00 PM
- - remcook   Hungry: You're right. I was too hasty in my re...   May 22 2013, 07:15 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (remcook @ May 22 2013, 12:15 AM) I...   May 22 2013, 02:05 PM
- - monty python   I'm sorry. I was just whimsically wondering t...   May 23 2013, 03:52 AM
|- - JRehling   Before each quarter of Kepler data is collected, t...   May 23 2013, 04:50 PM
|- - JRehling   Here's a big update from Kepler: The KOIs from...   Jun 11 2013, 11:25 PM
|- - dtolman   No updates on the reaction wheels yet (no news is ...   Jun 27 2013, 05:07 PM
|- - lacalaca85   QUOTE (dtolman @ Jun 27 2013, 07:07 PM) N...   Jun 28 2013, 12:49 AM
- - monty python   According to CNN, tests on the two failed reacton ...   Jul 19 2013, 06:43 AM
|- - PaulH51   QUOTE (monty python @ Jul 19 2013, 02:43 ...   Jul 19 2013, 11:58 AM
- - Explorer1   Mission update: http://spaceref.com/exoplanets/kep...   Aug 4 2013, 04:11 AM
|- - JRehling   It's now been accepted that Kepler will not re...   Aug 15 2013, 07:53 PM
|- - JRehling   Here's a link to my latest analysis of Kepler ...   Oct 14 2013, 08:17 AM
- - 0101Morpheus   Is the Kepler team still taking suggestions on wha...   Aug 21 2013, 01:23 AM
|- - djellison   QUOTE (0101Morpheus @ Aug 20 2013, 05:23 ...   Aug 21 2013, 01:43 AM
- - remcook   People are now starting to post their ideas for wh...   Sep 6 2013, 07:06 AM
- - Paolo   oh... wow! Extrasolar planets: An infernal Ear...   Oct 30 2013, 08:02 PM
|- - JRehling   <VERY HOT EARTH-SIZED, EARTH-MASS PLANET> A...   Nov 1 2013, 05:47 PM
|- - vikingmars   [quote name='Paolo' date='Oct 30 2013,...   Nov 4 2013, 08:27 AM
- - 0101Morpheus   Haha. Those are some nice pictures. They remind me...   Nov 4 2013, 11:39 AM
|- - Greenish   Pretty cool:QUOTE All talks will be streamed live ...   Nov 4 2013, 02:53 PM
- - TheAnt   More on Earth sized planets found by Kepler. Berk...   Nov 5 2013, 04:22 PM
|- - JRehling   Among the great cases of hazardous interface betwe...   Nov 5 2013, 06:04 PM
|- - lacalaca85   QUOTE (JRehling @ Nov 5 2013, 07:04 PM) F...   Nov 7 2013, 02:25 PM
|- - JRehling   That's a nice breakdown. I read the paper las...   Nov 7 2013, 06:15 PM
- - belleraphon1   Well said JRehling. Back in 1960's when Step...   Nov 6 2013, 01:08 PM
- - marsophile   Any comments on the estimates of how close the nea...   Nov 13 2013, 08:29 PM
|- - AndyG   At a rough guess, about 14 light years - taking in...   Nov 14 2013, 03:22 PM
|- - JRehling   As I'd mentioned above, there's a vast amb...   Nov 14 2013, 06:16 PM
- - Explorer1   Define 'earthlike, Marsophile' Rather a c...   Nov 13 2013, 11:42 PM
- - Vultur   Does being larger than Earth (as long as we're...   Nov 15 2013, 06:47 AM
- - Explorer1   Surface gravity depends on a great deal of factors...   Nov 15 2013, 07:41 AM
|- - dtolman   Mission managers have revealed their proposal for ...   Nov 19 2013, 04:51 PM
|- - TheAnt   QUOTE (dtolman @ Nov 19 2013, 06:51 PM) T...   Nov 19 2013, 05:29 PM
|- - JRehling   Looking out of the galactic plane is not sub-optim...   Nov 19 2013, 05:49 PM
- - TheAnt   Thank you for that explanation JRehling. I kne...   Nov 19 2013, 08:53 PM
- - brellis   Is there a sense of how planets orbit vis-a-vis th...   Nov 19 2013, 11:17 PM
|- - NGC3314   QUOTE (brellis @ Nov 19 2013, 06:17 PM) I...   Nov 19 2013, 11:50 PM
|- - JRehling   The issue of planetary system orientation in compa...   Nov 20 2013, 06:02 PM
- - 0101Morpheus   I've got a bombshell to share with everyone fr...   Jan 6 2014, 11:24 PM
|- - TheAnt   QUOTE (0101Morpheus @ Jan 7 2014, 12:24 A...   Jan 8 2014, 05:36 PM
|- - Gsnorgathon   Note that its diameter is 60% greater than Earth...   Jan 8 2014, 07:54 PM
|- - TheAnt   QUOTE (Gsnorgathon @ Jan 8 2014, 08:54 PM...   Jan 10 2014, 11:03 AM
|- - JRehling   Kepler has probably found dozens of planets that a...   Jan 22 2014, 06:12 PM
|- - dtolman   Kepler successfully observed a transiting exoplane...   Feb 8 2014, 01:42 AM
- - craigmcg   By the way, Kepler was featured on Nova this week....   Jan 10 2014, 12:19 PM
- - Explorer1   William J. Borucki (the Kepler PI) is going to giv...   Jan 18 2014, 03:15 AM
- - 0101Morpheus   Just to let everyone know that Kepler is holding a...   Feb 25 2014, 01:48 PM
- - TheAnt   A study on super Earths, with a conclusion I quest...   Feb 26 2014, 05:43 PM
- - Explorer1   Conference in a few minutes: http://www.nasa.gov/n...   Feb 26 2014, 05:55 PM
|- - dtolman   Just listened - 94% of the planets are sub-Neptune...   Feb 26 2014, 06:38 PM
- - Paolo   speaking of Kepler and its follow-on mission, this...   Feb 26 2014, 08:30 PM
|- - TheAnt   QUOTE (Paolo @ Feb 26 2014, 09:30 PM) spe...   Mar 1 2014, 04:20 PM
- - JRehling   I've web-published the first of two posts I...   Mar 5 2014, 06:13 AM
|- - JRehling   Here's my second installment in an analysis of...   Mar 14 2014, 07:31 AM
|- - JRehling   Here's my analysis of possible earthlike plane...   Apr 10 2014, 08:53 PM
- - RichforMars   Such a shame that no actual water worlds have been...   Mar 8 2014, 12:02 AM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (RichforMars @ Mar 7 2014, 07:02 PM...   Mar 8 2014, 04:49 AM
|- - JRehling   By and large, we know the composition of almost no...   Mar 8 2014, 07:19 PM
- - Explorer1   Not insane at all. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...   Mar 8 2014, 03:51 AM
- - RichforMars   What planets found by the probe/telescope could ac...   Mar 9 2014, 12:24 AM
|- - JRehling   Most Kepler planets are 500-5000 light years away,...   Mar 9 2014, 03:46 AM
- - RichforMars   Yes, sure I wouldn't expect distant worlds. I...   Mar 9 2014, 04:15 PM
- - Explorer1   Telecon tomorrow on a new Kepler discovery (embarg...   Apr 16 2014, 07:36 PM
|- - JRehling   The people speaking and their research areas seem ...   Apr 17 2014, 05:01 AM
- - 0101Morpheus   This is fairly sudden. Normally they do not announ...   Apr 16 2014, 08:47 PM
- - DEChengst   Dutch news sites are breaking the embargo: http:/...   Apr 17 2014, 03:00 PM
|- - JRehling   The press conference has just begun. Since the emb...   Apr 17 2014, 06:12 PM
|- - TheAnt   QUOTE (JRehling @ Apr 17 2014, 07:12 PM) ...   Apr 17 2014, 08:18 PM
|- - JRehling   [[If we judge that the smaller stars will be confi...   Apr 17 2014, 10:19 PM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (JRehling @ Apr 17 2014, 10:19 PM) ...   Apr 18 2014, 01:00 PM
- - Explorer1   Yep: http://www.nasa.gov/ames/kepler/nasas-kepl.....   Apr 17 2014, 06:12 PM
- - 0101Morpheus   I suppose that more habitable candidates will be c...   Apr 17 2014, 06:53 PM
- - Mongo   Paper is now up on arXiv: An Earth-sized Planet i...   Apr 24 2014, 01:11 AM
- - nprev   MOD NOTE: Exoplanet designation posts moved here.   Apr 25 2014, 05:21 AM
- - dtolman   K2 is approved, and the first 75 day observation c...   May 16 2014, 07:34 PM
- - 0101Morpheus   This is great news. If K2 can get a single yea...   May 16 2014, 10:15 PM
- - Explorer1   Meanwhile, from the primary mission, another unexp...   Jun 4 2014, 04:21 AM
- - Gerald   Since people always want to know, and I didn't...   Jun 4 2014, 01:52 PM
|- - AndyG   Surface gravity is linearly proportional to densit...   Jun 4 2014, 05:27 PM
- - brellis   space dot com article on binary exo-earths - http:...   Nov 21 2014, 08:15 PM
- - Phil Stooke   Yes, I guess, in that they would block more light ...   Nov 21 2014, 08:48 PM
- - Jackbauer   http://spaceref.com/exoplanets/reborn-kepl...ew-mi...   Dec 18 2014, 04:51 PM
|- - JRehling   I'm delighted and surprised that Kepler has be...   Dec 19 2014, 06:13 PM
- - Jackbauer   http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/january/nas...mall-...   Jan 6 2015, 09:55 PM
- - brellis   Our galaxy may host billions of planets where liqu...   Mar 19 2015, 01:49 PM
- - Explorer1   Telecon tomorrow morning: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov...   Jul 22 2015, 09:21 PM
|- - JRehling   There's speculation that today's announcem...   Jul 23 2015, 03:35 PM
- - Explorer1   Starting in a few minutes: almost 50,000 viewing n...   Jul 23 2015, 03:58 PM
|- - JRehling   The real significance here is not the particular d...   Jul 23 2015, 04:58 PM
- - dvandorn   Well -- the other big thing about this new discove...   Jul 23 2015, 05:35 PM
- - JRehling   Generally speaking, most Kepler discoveries are go...   Jul 23 2015, 06:04 PM
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