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KEPLER: Search for Earth-Size Planets in the Habitable Zone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2008

William Borucki ,
David Koch ,
Natalie Batalha ,
Douglas Caldwell ,
Jorgen Christensen-Dalsgaard ,
William D. Cochran ,
Edward Dunham ,
Thomas N. Gautier ,
John Geary  and
Ronald Gilliland
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William Borucki
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
David Koch
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
Natalie Batalha
Affiliation:
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, 95192, USA
Douglas Caldwell
Affiliation:
SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA
Jorgen Christensen-Dalsgaard
Affiliation:
University of Aarhus, Denmark
William D. Cochran
Affiliation:
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
Edward Dunham
Affiliation:
Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, USA
Thomas N. Gautier
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA
John Geary
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
Ronald Gilliland
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
Jon Jenkins
Affiliation:
SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA
Hans Kjeldsen
Affiliation:
Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ, 86001, USA
Jack J. Lissauer
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
Jason Rowe
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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The Kepler Mission is a space-based mission whose primary goal is to determine the frequency of Earth-size and larger planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars. The mission will monitor more than 100,000 stars for patterns of transits with a differential photometric precision of 20 ppm at V = 12 for a 6.5 hour transit. It will also provide asteroseismic results on several thousand dwarf stars. It is specifically designed to continuously observe a single field of view of greater than 100 square degrees for 3.5 or more years.

This paper provides a short overview of the mission, a brief history of the mission development, expected results, new investigations by the recently chosen Participating Scientists, and the plans for the Guest Observer and Astrophysical Data Programs.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S253: Transiting Planets , May 2008 , pp. 289 - 299
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2009

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