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Planetary and Stellar Data Products Expected From The Kepler MissionThe Kepler Mission is a Discovery-class mission scheduled to be launched in the 2006-2007 time frame. It is a wide field of view photometer with a 95 m aperture designed to attain a photometric precision of 2 parts in 10^5 for the 12th magnitude stars. It will continually observe 100,000 main-sequence stars from 9th to 14th magnitude for a period of four years with a cadence of 4/hour. This database should be unique in its photometric precision, cadence, and duration of observations. Several hundred terrestrial-size planets will be detected if they are common around solar-like stars. Based on the current results of Doppler-velocity searches, over a thousand giant planets will also be found. A guest investigator program is planned that would provide the opportunity to observe thousands of other objects in the 105 square degree FOV. Such objects could include stars with micro-variability, other intrinsic variables, cataclysmic variables, eclipsing binaries (including x-ray binaries), and possibly AGN. A ground-based program to classify all 225,000 stars in the FOV and to do a detailed examination of a subset of the stars that show planetary companions is planned. Doppler-velocity observations will be made to find the presence of giant planets not seen in transit. The data will be rapidly released to the community for follow up observations and for changes to the guest investigator program.
Document ID
20020050669
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Borucki, W. J.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Koch, David G.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA United States)
Basri, Gibor
(California Univ. Berkeley, CA United States)
Cochran, William
(Texas Univ. Austin, TX United States)
Dunham, Edward W.
(Lowell Observatory Flagstaff, AZ United States)
Gilliland, Ronald
(Space Telescope Science Inst. Baltimore, MD United States)
Jenkins, Jon M.
(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Inst. Mountain View, CA United States)
Caldwell, Douglas
(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Inst. Mountain View, CA United States)
Kondo, Yoji
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Latham, David
(Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA United States)
DeVincenzi, Donald
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2002
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Meeting Information
Meeting: NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop
Location: Moffett Field, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: May 1, 2002
End Date: May 3, 2002
Sponsors: NASA Ames Research Center
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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