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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".
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imran Kepler Mission Sep 24 2005, 04:23 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 Byran QUOTE (Byran @ Nov 5 2009, 02:28 PM) http... Nov 6 2009, 01:47 PM Syrinx I searched for a scientific guide on what qualifie... Nov 5 2009, 10:15 AM mcaplinger QUOTE (Syrinx @ Nov 5 2009, 02:15 AM) I s... Nov 5 2009, 02:28 PM centsworth_II QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Nov 5 2009, 09:28 AM)... Nov 5 2009, 06:56 PM Syrinx QUOTE (mcaplinger @ Nov 5 2009, 06:28 AM)... Nov 5 2009, 07:55 PM Holder of the Two Leashes QUOTE (Syrinx @ Nov 5 2009, 04:15 AM) For... Nov 5 2009, 04:34 PM scalbers QUOTE (Syrinx @ Nov 5 2009, 10:15 AM) Sec... Dec 19 2009, 07:52 PM Syrinx mcaplinger:
In my guide, Earth-like in no way imp... Nov 5 2009, 07:00 PM djellison I would ask people to refer back to the rules at t... Nov 5 2009, 08:57 PM Byran http://kepler.nasa.gov/about/manager.html
QUOTE Ke... Nov 6 2009, 01:44 PM tacitus From the latest mission report
QUOTE Random noise... Nov 6 2009, 06:32 PM imipak The words that stand out to this layperson, in the... Nov 6 2009, 07:41 PM Holder of the Two Leashes The third safing event, no science lost as this wa... Nov 24 2009, 09:12 PM tacitus QUOTE (Holder of the Two Leashes @ Nov 24 200... Nov 25 2009, 08:16 PM Ron Hobbs TIME is reporting that "[The Kepler team] has... Dec 18 2009, 12:40 AM MahFL That link does not seem to be about Kepler and 28 ... Dec 18 2009, 03:35 PM scalbers QUOTE (MahFL @ Dec 18 2009, 03:35 PM) Tha... Dec 19 2009, 06:19 PM Ron Hobbs The real planetary scientists here may have someth... Dec 19 2009, 06:31 PM Greg Hullender QUOTE (Ron Hobbs @ Dec 19 2009, 11:31 AM)... Dec 21 2009, 04:05 PM Fred It's in the last paragraph.
EDIT: oops, I wa... Dec 23 2009, 12:15 AM Hungry4info MahFL, the reference about Kepler is at like the l... Dec 18 2009, 04:50 PM Syrinx You're correct, it's not. But it does hav... Dec 18 2009, 09:50 PM MahFL Ah in my unfamiliarity with that website I did not... Dec 18 2009, 10:52 PM scalbers Yes, and since they would have shorter orbital per... Dec 19 2009, 07:18 PM Ron Hobbs Kepler will be able to tell us how far away the pl... Dec 19 2009, 08:44 PM Syrinx QUOTE (Ron Hobbs @ Dec 19 2009, 12:44 PM)... Dec 20 2009, 08:23 AM scalbers The tricky part of the Venus scenario is that ther... Dec 19 2009, 08:53 PM Ron Hobbs Modeling the atmospheres and the effects of them o... Dec 19 2009, 09:12 PM nprev Probability, I'd say. H2O is a far more cosmic... Dec 20 2009, 08:30 AM scalbers There's a short article in the January 2010 Sc... Dec 20 2009, 02:57 PM Jason W Barnes QUOTE (scalbers @ Dec 20 2009, 08:57 AM) ... Dec 20 2009, 10:37 PM Ron Hobbs Maybe I overstepped my bounds, but I was just usin... Dec 21 2009, 06:04 PM siravan latest update: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/k... Dec 24 2009, 04:51 AM scalbers Neat - the AAS conference with results already com... Dec 24 2009, 05:21 PM Hungry4info Link doesn't work for me, as is so for all abs... Dec 24 2009, 05:26 PM belleraphon1 QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Dec 24 2009, 12:26 P... Dec 26 2009, 08:58 PM Hungry4info Ah, thanks for that. I was trying to go through ab... Dec 26 2009, 09:06 PM belleraphon1 QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Dec 26 2009, 04:06 P... Dec 27 2009, 12:02 AM Paolo NASA to Unveil Kepler Space Telescope Discoveries ... Jan 1 2010, 04:56 PM ElkGroveDan Having worked in PR for years, I'd say this li... Jan 1 2010, 05:18 PM scalbers Given the timing it might mirror pretty closely th... Jan 1 2010, 05:34 PM belleraphon1 My guess is derived from the abstract below from A... Jan 2 2010, 10:34 PM NGC3314 Keep in mind that the deadline for AAS meeting abs... Jan 2 2010, 10:48 PM NGC3314 Pamela Gay reports at Astrosphere that they will b... Jan 3 2010, 07:07 PM Greg Hullender The Kepler folks themselves say they'll tell a... Jan 4 2010, 12:59 AM nprev Article titled "The Big Reveal"?
I d... Jan 4 2010, 01:55 AM Hungry4info Five new exoplanets. 4 are larger than Jupiter. 1 ... Jan 4 2010, 02:09 PM NGC3314 Live blog from AAS: hot Jupiters and hot but icy g... Jan 4 2010, 05:12 PM Greg Hullender Nice link. Interesting how much that person looks ... Jan 4 2010, 05:14 PM Zvezdichko http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/tableofdiscoveries/... Jan 4 2010, 06:05 PM Syrinx Slides:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/... Jan 4 2010, 06:25 PM Syrinx Check out this slide:
http://www.nasa.gov/images/... Jan 4 2010, 06:48 PM Zvezdichko With no fear of being a false prophet - I predict ... Jan 4 2010, 07:27 PM remcook "It says all five planets were discovered fro... Jan 4 2010, 08:30 PM Stu Liking those slides. Very high quality. Jan 4 2010, 10:12 PM  |
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