Questions about the NASA space observatory famous for finding potentially habitable exoplanets. Do not use this tag for questions about Johannes Kepler.
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What decided how the Kepler space telescope was pointed?
I suppose that the Kepler field was well chosen. It is rich in stars and has minimal background light since it is pointing out from the disc.
But other things could have been considered. For example, a field which contains the most stars which are…
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How was Kepler's field of view chosen?
The Kepler space telescope points to a single place in the sky, and a quarter of a percent of the sky. How was this field of view chosen? Why did the Kepler team choose to point the telescope there rather than anywhere else?
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Likelihood of extra planets in systems identified by Kepler?
Kepler has found some systems with multiple planets and shown that it's likely that 7% of sun-like stars have Earth-like planets (video). I don't think we know enough about extra solar planets to know how planetary systems are organized on average,…
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keplers third law
does Keplers third law work if one were to, in some way use the semi minor axis instead of the semi major axis? and does the difference between the arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means play any role?
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My question relates to KIC 8462852. What are the orbits and suspected objects or planets that have been noted around this star?
What are the orbits and suspected objects or planets that have been noted around this star? KIC 8462852
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