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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
- - hendric   Kepler is using a defocused star image, right? Is...   Aug 7 2009, 08:21 PM
|- - siravan   QUOTE (hendric @ Aug 7 2009, 03:21 PM) Wh...   Aug 7 2009, 09:29 PM
- - tacitus   QUOTE I'm quite curious to learn more about th...   Aug 11 2009, 09:52 PM
|- - Stu   QUOTE (tacitus @ Aug 11 2009, 10:52 PM) I...   Aug 11 2009, 10:10 PM
|- - siravan   QUOTE (tacitus @ Aug 11 2009, 04:52 PM) D...   Aug 11 2009, 10:12 PM
|- - john_s   Periodic flashes of starlight through the windows....   Aug 11 2009, 10:19 PM
- - Stu   QUOTE (john_s @ Aug 11 2009, 11:19 PM) Pe...   Aug 11 2009, 10:21 PM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (Stu @ Aug 11 2009, 04:21 PM) ...or...   Aug 11 2009, 11:21 PM
- - tacitus   A couple of questions. Given how nicely the first...   Aug 12 2009, 12:50 AM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (tacitus @ Aug 11 2009, 06:50 PM) a...   Aug 12 2009, 08:37 AM
|- - Gsnorgathon   QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Aug 12 2009, 09:37 A...   Aug 12 2009, 11:23 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Yes, Kepler will detect non-transiting, close-in G...   Aug 12 2009, 04:55 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Four transits is probably enough to determine that...   Aug 12 2009, 11:59 PM
- - stevesliva   Won't the transiting moon always be in eclipse...   Aug 15 2009, 05:14 PM
|- - illexsquid   QUOTE (stevesliva @ Aug 15 2009, 10:14 AM...   Aug 15 2009, 11:21 PM
- - stevesliva   Yup. Makes sense. And I of course won't prete...   Aug 16 2009, 12:50 AM
- - dvandorn   I'm not sure what you mean by "resolvable...   Aug 16 2009, 01:52 AM
|- - Hungry4info   Yes, they would be able to detect the transit of a...   Aug 16 2009, 07:07 AM
|- - Reed   QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 15 2009, 06:52 PM) ...   Aug 16 2009, 07:40 AM
- - illexsquid   I think "resolultion" in this case refer...   Aug 16 2009, 05:23 AM
|- - helvick   Hmmh - it seems to me then that a number of the ex...   Aug 16 2009, 06:54 AM
|- - tasp   QUOTE (helvick @ Aug 16 2009, 12:54 AM) ....   Aug 16 2009, 02:51 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (tasp @ Aug 16 2009, 06:51 AM) Does...   Aug 17 2009, 01:47 PM
- - PhilCo126   QUOTE (stevesliva @ Aug 16 2009, 02:50 AM...   Aug 17 2009, 03:52 PM
|- - illexsquid   QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Aug 17 2009, 07:52 AM)...   Aug 18 2009, 08:51 PM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (illexsquid @ Aug 18 2009, 08:51 PM...   Aug 19 2009, 12:50 AM
|- - centsworth_II   I thought maybe Kepler data would lend itself to s...   Sep 9 2009, 06:59 PM
- - Greg Hullender   From reading the Kepler site, I think several of t...   Aug 19 2009, 09:43 AM
- - tasp   Just pondering other possible 'yon wee beastie...   Aug 19 2009, 01:16 PM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (tasp @ Aug 19 2009, 08:16 AM) Just...   Aug 19 2009, 11:21 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (tasp @ Aug 19 2009, 05:16 AM) . . ...   Aug 20 2009, 12:16 PM
- - tasp   A binary 'hot Jupiter' object would be a v...   Aug 20 2009, 12:32 PM
- - Cruzeiro do Sul   Hi! About such strange binnary planet, i remem...   Aug 21 2009, 08:16 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Another science download completed, with informati...   Aug 21 2009, 09:40 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Just noticed these powerpoint slides on the Kepler...   Sep 2 2009, 12:59 AM
|- - siravan   Very interesting. I especially like the middle and...   Sep 2 2009, 10:21 AM
- - JGodbaz   One thing I've been wondering is how much Kepl...   Sep 2 2009, 01:52 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (JGodbaz @ Sep 2 2009, 05:52 AM) If...   Sep 9 2009, 04:34 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   "Many candidates have been found and are bein...   Sep 2 2009, 02:35 PM
- - Greg Hullender   All nine figures look at least a LITTLE weird. Of...   Sep 2 2009, 05:03 PM
- - maschnitz   Thanks, Greg, that was really helpful. BTW on 7) ...   Sep 2 2009, 09:07 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (maschnitz @ Sep 2 2009, 02:07 PM) ...   Sep 4 2009, 04:25 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Well, well ... Kepler could find habitable exomoo...   Sep 3 2009, 04:04 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Sep 3 2009...   Sep 4 2009, 04:52 PM
- - tasp   I was looking at the 100X HAT-P-7B light curve . ....   Sep 5 2009, 04:28 AM
- - Greg Hullender   I took some time to play with the math for computi...   Sep 6 2009, 09:17 PM
- - Hungry4info   I would be quite interested in those equations, if...   Sep 6 2009, 10:10 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Sure. Let me know if you can't download this ...   Sep 7 2009, 03:43 PM
- - Hungry4info   Thank-you so much for that, works great   Sep 9 2009, 03:54 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   A minor mission update has been posted, as usual t...   Sep 9 2009, 02:57 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Another Mission Manager update: http://www.kepler...   Sep 23 2009, 05:31 PM
|- - Syrinx   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Sep 23 2009, 10:3...   Sep 25 2009, 02:13 AM
|- - Holder of the Two Leashes   QUOTE (Syrinx @ Sep 24 2009, 09:13 PM) ~1...   Sep 25 2009, 02:25 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Yeah, it looks like they won't make the first ...   Sep 25 2009, 03:47 AM
- - Greg Hullender   What was the reason for excluding giant stars? Ar...   Sep 25 2009, 04:27 PM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Sep 25 2009, 11:2...   Sep 26 2009, 07:31 PM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   To tell the truth, I'm not really sure. I jus...   Sep 25 2009, 06:37 PM
- - Byran   Holder of the Two Leashes when approximately repor...   Sep 26 2009, 01:10 PM
|- - Holder of the Two Leashes   Yes, you're right. Perhaps I didn't state...   Sep 26 2009, 08:20 PM
- - nprev   If I'm not mistaken, Kepler's focus on fin...   Sep 27 2009, 01:18 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Since brightness of a star goes up as the fourth p...   Sep 27 2009, 04:27 AM
- - Hungry4info   Indeed. Another thing to consider is that even if ...   Sep 27 2009, 01:30 PM
- - Greg Hullender   The official objectives for Kepler aren't limi...   Sep 27 2009, 04:14 PM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Sep 27 2009, 11:1...   Sep 27 2009, 10:52 PM
|- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Sep 27 2009, 02:52 P...   Sep 28 2009, 03:40 AM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Sep 27 2009, 10:4...   Sep 28 2009, 04:45 AM
- - PhilCo126   During yesterday's Belgian Association for Ast...   Oct 4 2009, 09:14 AM
- - Greg Hullender   A new Mission Manager update at Kepler: http://ww...   Oct 15 2009, 10:30 PM
- - imipak   http://www.universetoday.com/2009/11/02/no...ler-u...   Nov 2 2009, 07:16 PM
- - stevesliva   I interpreted those reports to mean that data acqu...   Nov 3 2009, 03:09 AM
|- - Syrinx   QUOTE (stevesliva @ Nov 2 2009, 07:09 PM)...   Nov 3 2009, 09:50 AM
- - Holder of the Two Leashes   The article mentioned uploading the new algorithms...   Nov 3 2009, 04:00 AM
- - Byran   Kepler mission uses double differential photometry...   Nov 3 2009, 02:23 PM
|- - Hungry4info   I'm pretty sure so.   Nov 3 2009, 02:24 PM
- - Byran   I.e. already collected for 6 months photometry is ...   Nov 3 2009, 02:32 PM
|- - ugordan   http://blogs.discovery.com/space_disco/200...until...   Nov 3 2009, 03:01 PM
- - Greg Hullender   It would help a lot if we knew what they mean by 8...   Nov 3 2009, 04:36 PM
- - Hungry4info   This article describes the channels in detail (in ...   Nov 3 2009, 04:52 PM
- - djellison   There are 24 CCD's - each with two 'havles...   Nov 3 2009, 04:52 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Kepler does have a page on "differential phot...   Nov 3 2009, 07:05 PM
- - tacitus   One thing that exacerbates the problem is that the...   Nov 3 2009, 11:23 PM
- - Syrinx   If you look at this picture: http://en.wikipedia....   Nov 4 2009, 12:06 AM
- - tacitus   Good news: QUOTE Three of these channels are plag...   Nov 4 2009, 06:36 PM
|- - MahFL   I think there is a mistake in the article, it says...   Nov 4 2009, 06:52 PM
|- - Syrinx   QUOTE (MahFL @ Nov 4 2009, 10:52 AM) it s...   Nov 4 2009, 07:20 PM
- - tacitus   I believe they deem an Earth-twin to be an Earth-l...   Nov 4 2009, 07:27 PM
- - tacitus   The Kepler press kit doesn't mention the word ...   Nov 4 2009, 07:47 PM
|- - Syrinx   QUOTE (tacitus @ Nov 4 2009, 11:47 AM) He...   Nov 4 2009, 09:27 PM
- - tacitus   I think your avatar kind of gave that away   Nov 5 2009, 03:27 AM
- - Byran   http://archive.stsci.edu/mast_news.php?out...sc=t...   Nov 5 2009, 07:58 AM
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