Kepler
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Kepler was a NASA space telescope mission designed to discover Earth-sized exoplanets by monitoring the brightness of distant stars for transit signals.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kepler mission | 3 |
| Kepler Mission | 1 |
| Kepler primary mission | 1 |
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
NASA space mission
ⓘ
exoplanet-hunting mission ⓘ space telescope ⓘ |
| apertureDiameter | 0.95 m ⓘ |
| catalogName | Kepler Object of Interest (KOI) catalog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contractor | Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataArchive | Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dataType | high-precision photometry ⓘ |
| detectorType | CCD array ⓘ |
| discoveriesInfluence | revised estimates of occurrence rate of Earth-like planets ⓘ |
| endOfPrimaryMission | 2013-05 ⓘ |
| extendedMissionName | K2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldLocation |
constellation Cygnus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
constellation Lyra ⓘ |
| fieldOfView | 115 square degrees ⓘ |
| focalPlaneSize | 95 megapixels ⓘ |
| K2Description | repurposed mission using two reaction wheels and solar pressure for pointing ⓘ |
| K2Start | 2014-05 ⓘ |
| launchCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| launchDate | 2009-03-07 ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicle | Delta II 7925-10L NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionEnd | 2018-10-30 ⓘ |
| missionID | Kepler (spacecraft) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| missionPhase |
K2 extended mission
ⓘ
primary mission ⓘ |
| missionStart | 2009-05-12 ⓘ |
| missionType |
exoplanet survey
ⓘ
space observatory ⓘ |
| monitoredStarsCount | over 150000 stars ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Johannes Kepler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableResult |
confirmation of thousands of exoplanets
ⓘ
discovery of thousands of exoplanet candidates ⓘ first detection of many Earth-size exoplanets in habitable zones ⓘ |
| numberOfCCDs | 42 ⓘ |
| observationMethod | transit photometry ⓘ |
| observingStrategy | continuous long-term monitoring of target stars ⓘ |
| operatedBy | NASA Ames Research Center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | NASA ⓘ |
| orbitDescription | Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit ⓘ |
| orbitType | heliocentric orbit ⓘ |
| PI | William J. Borucki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pointingMode | stares at fixed field of view ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | discover Earth-size exoplanets in or near the habitable zone of Sun-like stars ⓘ |
| program | NASA Discovery Program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reactionWheelFailures | 2 ⓘ |
| reactionWheels | 4 ⓘ |
| reasonForEnd | exhaustion of fuel ⓘ |
| scientificGoal |
determine the frequency of Earth-size planets in the Milky Way
ⓘ
measure the properties of exoplanet systems ⓘ study variability of stars ⓘ |
| spaceAgency | NASA ⓘ |
| spacecraftBus | Ball Aerospace Kepler bus ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| targetStarType |
Sun-like stars
ⓘ
red dwarfs ⓘ |
| telescopeType | Schmidt telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wavelengthRange | visible light ⓘ |
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