KEPLER Mission: development and overview
WJ Borucki - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Kepler Mission is a space observatory launched in 2009 by NASA to monitor
170 000 stars over a period of four years to determine the frequency of Earth-size and larger …
170 000 stars over a period of four years to determine the frequency of Earth-size and larger …
[HTML][HTML] The Kepler characterization of the variability among A-and F-type stars-I. General overview
K Uytterhoeven, A Moya, A Grigahcène… - Astronomy & …, 2011 - aanda.org
Context. The Kepler spacecraft is providing time series of photometric data with
micromagnitude precision for hundreds of AF type stars. Aims. We present a first general …
micromagnitude precision for hundreds of AF type stars. Aims. We present a first general …
The California-Kepler Survey. I. High-resolution spectroscopy of 1305 stars hosting Kepler transiting planets
Abstract The California-Kepler Survey (CKS) is an observational program developed to
improve our knowledge of the properties of stars found to host transiting planets by NASA's …
improve our knowledge of the properties of stars found to host transiting planets by NASA's …
Transiting exoplanet survey satellite
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will search for planets transiting bright and
nearby stars. TESS has been selected by NASA for launch in 2017 as an Astrophysics …
nearby stars. TESS has been selected by NASA for launch in 2017 as an Astrophysics …
Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler. II. Analysis of the first four months of data
ABSTRACT On 2011 February 1 the Kepler mission released data for 156,453 stars
observed from the beginning of the science observations on 2009 May 2 through September …
observed from the beginning of the science observations on 2009 May 2 through September …
EVEREST: pixel level decorrelation of K2 light curves
ABSTRACT We present EPIC Variability Extraction and Removal for Exoplanet Science
Targets (EVEREST), an open-source pipeline for removing instrumental noise from K2 light …
Targets (EVEREST), an open-source pipeline for removing instrumental noise from K2 light …
Asteroseismology of 16,000 Kepler red giants: global oscillation parameters, masses, and radii
The Kepler mission has provided exquisite data to perform an ensemble asteroseismic
analysis on evolved stars. In this work we systematically characterize solar-like oscillations …
analysis on evolved stars. In this work we systematically characterize solar-like oscillations …
Kepler mission design, realized photometric performance, and early science
DG Koch, WJ Borucki, G Basri… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Kepler Mission, launched on 2009 March 6, was designed with the explicit
capability to detect Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars using the …
capability to detect Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars using the …
Homogeneous studies of transiting extrasolar planets–IV. Thirty systems with space-based light curves
J Southworth - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
I calculate the physical properties of 32 transiting extrasolar planet and brown-dwarf systems
from existing photometric observations and measured spectroscopic parameters. The …
from existing photometric observations and measured spectroscopic parameters. The …
Asteroseismic fundamental properties of solar-type stars observed by the NASA Kepler mission
We use asteroseismic data obtained by the NASA Kepler mission to estimate the
fundamental properties of more than 500 main-sequence and sub-giant stars. Data obtained …
fundamental properties of more than 500 main-sequence and sub-giant stars. Data obtained …