Kepler spacecraft is a space observatory sent off by NASA to find Earth-size planets circling different stars. Named after German astronomer Johannes Kepler, the spacecraft was launched on March 7, 2009, into an Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit.

The principal investigator was William J. Bruck. During its initial mission of planet-hunting, the spacecraft observed more than 150,000 main-sequence stars in an area of the sky about the size of a person’s fist held at arm’s length. It became the first spacecraft to detect the transit method of extrasolar planet hunting. The spacecraft’s second mission, K2, commenced on May 11, 2014. As of November 4, 2018, Kepler had discovered 2,662 confirmed planets, with an additional 2,327 unconfirmed planets, and over 4,000 candidates for further study.

In November 2018, NASA retired the spacecraft. The spacecraft’s hardware and science instruments functioned nominally until an anomaly occurred on April 7, 2018, placing the spacecraft into emergency mode as a precaution. On October 30, 2018, NASA officials declare that Kepler had run out of fuel, and its mission had ended.

The Kepler Mission

The Kepler spacecraft Mission was launch in 2009 with the specific goal of finding Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. As of early 2016, the mission has discover over 1,000 confirm planets, with several thousand more candidates awaiting further confirmation. In addition to finding new planets, Kepler has also provide new insights into the frequency of planets in our galaxy and the diversity of their sizes and orbits. The Kepler Mission is name after the German astronomer Johannes Kepler, who first describe the laws of planetary motion.

The mission is a joint project between NASA and the SETI Institute, and is manage by NASA’s Ames Research Center. The Kepler Space Telescope is the main instrument of the mission, and is design to detect the faint light of planets as they pass in front of their host stars. The telescope’s large field of view and sensitive detectors allow it to monitor hundreds of thousands of stars simultaneously, and to detect the tiny drop in brightness that occurs when a planet transits its star. From these data, Kepler is able to determine the size and orbit of the transiting planet. By observing multiple transits of the same planet, Kepler is also able to measure the planet’s density, which can be use to determine its composition.

The Kepler Telescope

The Kepler telescope is a powerful tool that allows astronomers to study distant stars and planets. This article will discuss the history of the telescope, its capabilities. And some of the discoveries that it has made possible. The Kepler telescope was launch in 2009, and it is name after the German astronomer Johannes Kepler. Kepler was a pioneer in the field of astronomy, and he is best known for his laws of planetary motion. The Kepler telescope was design to find planets that orbit other stars, and it does this by looking for the telltale signs of a planet passing in front of its star.

 

This causes a slight dip in the star’s brightness, and by studying these dips, Kepler is able to infer the presence of planets. To date, Kepler has discover thousands of planets, including many that are similar in size and composition to Earth. This has led to the exciting possibility that there may be other Earth-like worlds out there, and Kepler has given us the best chance yet of finding them. The Kepler telescope is just one part of our ongoing quest to understand the universe. It has shown us that there are an incredible number of planets out there, and that many of them could be suitable for life. This is an exciting time to

The Kepler Supernova

In the early hours of October 9, 1604, a new star appear in the constellation of Ophiuchus. This star was so bright that it was visible to the naked eye. And for several months it outshone all the other stars in the sky. The new star was given the name “Kepler’s Star”. After the German astronomer Johannes Kepler, who was the first to study it. Kepler’s Star was a supernova, a star that suddenly becomes much brighter before fading away again over a period of months or years.

Supernovae are very rare events and Kepler’s Star was the closest. One to Earth that had been seen for over 400 years. Today, we know that Kepler’s Star was the result of a white dwarf star that explode. A white dwarf is the collapse core of a star that has run out of fuel. It is extremely dense, and is held up against further collapse by the pressure of its own electrons. If a white dwarf is in a binary system with another star, it can steal material from its companion. This increases the mass of the white dwarf until it reaches a critical point. At which it explodes in a supernova