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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
- - Paolo   There are lots of Kepler-related papers on ArXiv t...   Jan 5 2010, 06:09 AM
- - Syrinx   Thank you for the link Paolo. There goes the rest...   Jan 5 2010, 07:49 PM
- - maschnitz   Yeah, definitely some fascinating reading in here....   Jan 5 2010, 09:09 PM
- - JGodbaz   Got to wonder what 'no star apparent at target...   Jan 6 2010, 10:18 AM
- - Syrinx   Seven more papers up on ArXiv today. A couple of ...   Jan 6 2010, 07:09 PM
- - Paolo   in Science Express today: Kepler Planet-Detection ...   Jan 7 2010, 07:30 PM
|- - Syrinx   Paolo, access to that article costs $15. Doe...   Jan 8 2010, 07:40 AM
- - siravan   The Science paper is essentially a summary of the ...   Jan 8 2010, 11:59 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Don't miss the supplemental materials, which h...   Jan 9 2010, 04:59 AM
- - Hungry4info   IIRC, they load up all the planets they got and du...   Jan 9 2010, 05:50 AM
- - nprev   That's kind of an awesome thought in its way, ...   Jan 9 2010, 05:59 AM
- - Hungry4info   Yeah, and with there being a finite number of easy...   Jan 9 2010, 07:07 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Possible failure in a module that holds two of the...   Jan 20 2010, 12:29 PM
- - belleraphon1   Observations of Transiting Hot Compact Objects (by...   Jan 21 2010, 10:59 PM
- - Habitable Zoner   Could the next announcement of planet discoveries ...   Feb 1 2010, 12:56 PM
- - Greg Hullender   No, I'd expect that this will just be a refine...   Feb 2 2010, 01:52 AM
- - Habitable Zoner   Then maybe, just maybe, our next opportunity will ...   Feb 2 2010, 02:05 PM
- - siravan   Another safe mode on February 2: http://www.nasa.g...   Feb 9 2010, 01:02 AM
- - Habitable Zoner   I asked an attendee at the APS conference if she h...   Feb 17 2010, 04:36 PM
- - djellison   Given that - The exciting stuff is going to be ea...   Feb 17 2010, 05:48 PM
- - Habitable Zoner   Understood. But I personally would feel that the d...   Feb 18 2010, 03:46 AM
- - Hungry4info   Do remember that most Kepler stars are inherently ...   Feb 18 2010, 06:49 AM
- - Greg Hullender   I think part of the idea is to get comfortable dis...   Feb 19 2010, 10:19 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Another Mission Manager Update: http://www.kepler...   Mar 11 2010, 03:03 AM
- - Habitable Zoner   This statement also caught my eye: "The scien...   Mar 11 2010, 03:20 AM
- - nprev   I don't think that it is observable from the S...   Mar 11 2010, 03:33 AM
- - Greg Hullender   From Seattle (latitude 47 degrees 36 minutes 35 se...   Mar 11 2010, 05:12 AM
- - nprev   True. I don't think that there are any large g...   Mar 11 2010, 05:22 AM
|- - Mongo   QUOTE (nprev @ Mar 11 2010, 06:22 AM) Tru...   Mar 11 2010, 04:37 PM
- - Greg Hullender   A better question would be how large a telescope i...   Mar 11 2010, 03:56 PM
- - Habitable Zoner   What ground-based scopes actually are involved in ...   Mar 12 2010, 03:01 AM
|- - bluemars1   QUOTE (Habitable Zoner @ Mar 11 2010, 08...   Mar 12 2010, 04:42 PM
- - Mongo   10.00m -- Keck 1 -- 19.50N 9.20m -- Hobby-Eberly T...   Mar 12 2010, 07:00 PM
|- - Byran   QUOTE (Mongo @ Mar 13 2010, 01:30 AM) 11....   Mar 16 2010, 10:52 AM
- - scalbers   I understand that Kepler data are being made publi...   Mar 19 2010, 01:52 PM
|- - lacalaca85   QUOTE (scalbers)I understand that Kepler data are ...   Apr 8 2010, 12:06 AM
- - Greg Hullender   The place I think they might miss some would be pl...   Mar 19 2010, 03:13 PM
- - Habitable Zoner   Bill Borucki's talk at the Exoplanets Rising c...   Mar 30 2010, 07:04 PM
- - Greg Hullender   So was anything new announced there? I'm guess...   Apr 1 2010, 03:39 AM
|- - Habitable Zoner   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Mar 31 2010, 11:3...   Apr 1 2010, 12:19 PM
|- - NGC3314   QUOTE (Habitable Zoner @ Apr 1 2010, 06:1...   Apr 1 2010, 01:38 PM
- - Sunspot   Alien Planet Hunter Develops a Blind Spot hmmm I ...   Apr 1 2010, 04:53 PM
- - brellis   It would take years to find an earth orbiting one ...   Apr 1 2010, 05:07 PM
- - Greg Hullender   @Sunspot Yeah, I don't see anything new on the...   Apr 1 2010, 05:33 PM
- - Hungry4info   An interesting thing to ponder is that if any Eart...   Apr 1 2010, 09:06 PM
|- - Habitable Zoner   QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Apr 1 2010, 05:06 PM...   Apr 1 2010, 09:41 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Another Mission Manager Update: http://www.kepler...   Apr 7 2010, 07:55 PM
- - Habitable Zoner   Wondering if anyone would care to brainstorm a bit...   Apr 14 2010, 02:36 AM
|- - centsworth_II   QUOTE (Habitable Zoner @ Apr 13 2010, 09...   Apr 14 2010, 03:11 AM
- - Explorer1   Seconding what centswroth says. If anything even r...   Apr 14 2010, 04:28 AM
|- - Hungry4info   QUOTE (Explorer1 @ Apr 13 2010, 11:28 PM)...   Apr 15 2010, 10:48 AM
- - Syrinx   Re: centsworth_II Sounds good. But can we find s...   Apr 14 2010, 07:26 AM
|- - Explorer1   QUOTE (Syrinx @ Apr 13 2010, 11:26 PM) Af...   Apr 14 2010, 08:19 AM
- - lacalaca85   Well PLATO has a good chance now to fly around 201...   Apr 15 2010, 06:35 AM
- - Habitable Zoner   400 "objects of interest" plus 328 more ...   Apr 16 2010, 11:01 AM
- - Hungry4info   Broken link. (duplicate "http://") Try t...   Apr 16 2010, 01:57 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Here's the original article, from nature.com. ...   Apr 17 2010, 04:15 AM
- - Habitable Zoner   Borucki is giving a talk at Stanford in a few days...   Apr 18 2010, 11:30 AM
- - Syrinx   I'll be there for that one. Also this one: h...   Apr 18 2010, 10:29 PM
|- - Habitable Zoner   QUOTE (Syrinx @ Apr 18 2010, 06:29 PM) I...   Apr 19 2010, 11:55 AM
|- - Syrinx   QUOTE (Habitable Zoner @ Apr 19 2010, 04...   Apr 28 2010, 01:08 AM
|- - Gsnorgathon   I dunno... 200 to 300 candidate Earth-sized planet...   Apr 28 2010, 05:51 PM
|- - Vultur   QUOTE (Gsnorgathon @ Apr 28 2010, 05:51 P...   Apr 28 2010, 08:25 PM
||- - Greg Hullender   QUOTE (Vultur @ Apr 28 2010, 12:25 PM) I ...   Apr 28 2010, 09:12 PM
||- - Syrinx   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Apr 28 2010, 02:1...   Apr 29 2010, 01:40 AM
||- - Habitable Zoner   QUOTE (Greg Hullender @ Apr 28 2010, 05:1...   Apr 29 2010, 12:46 PM
|- - Syrinx   QUOTE (Gsnorgathon @ Apr 28 2010, 10:51 A...   Apr 29 2010, 02:01 AM
- - Byran   http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/n...year_...   Apr 20 2010, 01:58 PM
- - Paolo   on arXiv today An Independent Analysis of Kepler-4...   Apr 21 2010, 05:12 AM
|- - illexsquid   QUOTE (Paolo @ Apr 20 2010, 09:12 PM) on ...   Apr 27 2010, 05:04 PM
- - Habitable Zoner   Also new on arXiv: the discovery of a nova-like ca...   Apr 22 2010, 09:41 AM
- - Habitable Zoner   Thanks! 10 years is huge. We should be able t...   Apr 28 2010, 06:07 PM
- - Hungry4info   QUOTE ("Gsnorgathon")Say - does anyone h...   Apr 28 2010, 06:35 PM
- - Hungry4info   Transit duration is not just a function of the pla...   Apr 29 2010, 02:31 PM
|- - Habitable Zoner   Ah, thanks. That clears things up a lot. So I gues...   Apr 29 2010, 03:05 PM
|- - JGodbaz   QUOTE (Hungry4info @ Apr 30 2010, 03:31 A...   May 1 2010, 09:20 AM
- - Syrinx   Borucki said "we don't yet know the size ...   Apr 29 2010, 04:21 PM
- - Greg Hullender   There may be a better way to compute it, but the w...   May 1 2010, 08:12 PM
- - Hungry4info   With as many false positives as there is going to ...   May 1 2010, 11:01 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Another Mission Manager update. http://www.keple...   May 4 2010, 12:44 AM
- - Habitable Zoner   I'm resigned to no new Kepler discovery announ...   May 10 2010, 10:31 PM
- - Syrinx   I went to the SETI lecture today where Jon Jenkins...   May 12 2010, 09:13 PM
|- - Habitable Zoner   Thanks for the report. QUOTE (Syrinx @ May 1...   May 13 2010, 02:23 AM
|- - ustrax   QUOTE (Syrinx @ May 12 2010, 10:13 PM) - ...   May 13 2010, 03:21 PM
||- - Drkskywxlt   QUOTE (ustrax @ May 13 2010, 09:21 AM) Ma...   May 14 2010, 12:35 PM
||- - Syrinx   Not a typo. (Having said that, I have no reason t...   May 15 2010, 07:23 AM
|- - scalbers   QUOTE (Syrinx @ May 12 2010, 09:13 PM) I ...   May 15 2010, 03:31 PM
|- - Syrinx   QUOTE (scalbers @ May 15 2010, 07:31 AM) ...   May 16 2010, 05:29 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Hmmm. They can use short cadence for 512 targets, ...   May 13 2010, 04:22 PM
- - Greg Hullender   Yeah, we might find something, but these will be t...   May 15 2010, 04:28 PM
- - Habitable Zoner   I checked when Bill Borucki has time scheduled on ...   May 16 2010, 10:46 PM
- - Greg Hullender   I'd be curious to know what HIRES can tell the...   May 16 2010, 11:24 PM
- - Hungry4info   Consider the case of WASP-33 b. Transit-like signa...   May 17 2010, 12:24 AM
- - siravan   In anticipation of the data release, I've writ...   May 19 2010, 04:10 AM
- - Syrinx   Doesn't that web site already provide CSV and ...   May 19 2010, 06:42 AM
|- - siravan   QUOTE Doesn't that web site already provide CS...   May 20 2010, 12:38 AM
- - Greg Hullender   Here's a paper on different algorithms for det...   May 20 2010, 04:11 AM
- - ustrax   I love Bill Borucki. We'll always owe him the ...   May 21 2010, 08:15 AM
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