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Kepler Mission Development Challenges and Early ResultsKepler is NASA s first mission capable of detecting Earthsize planets orbiting in Habitable Zone of Sun-like stars. Objective is to measure how frequently planets of various sizes and orbits form around stars in the Milky Way. Kepler detects planets by measuring drop in brightness of star due to "transit" of a planet Earth-size planet transiting Sunlike star causes drop in brightness of only 84 parts per million
Document ID
20120004201
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/42002
Authors
Fanson, James (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Frerking, Margaret (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Duren, Riley (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
March 5, 2011
Subject Category
Astronomy
Report/Patent Number
IEEEAC Paper-1367
Report Number: IEEEAC Paper-1367
Meeting Information
Meeting: IEEE Aerospace Conference
Location: Big Sky, MT
Country: United States
Start Date: March 5, 2011
End Date: March 12, 2011
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
photometer
Earth size planets
detecting

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