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 …
Chemistry in protoplanetary disks
T Henning, D Semenov - Chemical Reviews, 2013 - ACS Publications
Since the discovery of the first extrasolar planet around a solartype star, 1 more than 900
such planets outside of our solar system have been detected by ground-and space-based …
such planets outside of our solar system have been detected by ground-and space-based …
Identifying exoplanets with deep learning: A five-planet resonant chain around kepler-80 and an eighth planet around kepler-90
CJ Shallue, A Vanderburg - The Astronomical Journal, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract NASA's Kepler Space Telescope was designed to determine the frequency of Earth-
sized planets orbiting Sun-like stars, but these planets are on the very edge of the mission's …
sized planets orbiting Sun-like stars, but these planets are on the very edge of the mission's …
Probabilistic forecasting of the masses and radii of other worlds
Mass and radius are two of the most fundamental properties of an astronomical object.
Increasingly, new planet discoveries are being announced with a measurement of one of …
Increasingly, new planet discoveries are being announced with a measurement of one of …
The California-Kepler survey. IV. Metal-rich stars host a greater diversity of planets
Probing the connection between a star's metallicity and the presence and properties of any
associated planets offers an observational link between conditions during the epoch of …
associated planets offers an observational link between conditions during the epoch of …
[HTML][HTML] Optimized transit detection algorithm to search for periodic transits of small planets
M Hippke, R Heller - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2019 - aanda.org
We present a new method to detect planetary transits from time-series photometry, the transit
least squares (TLS) algorithm. TLS searches for transit-like features while taking the stellar …
least squares (TLS) algorithm. TLS searches for transit-like features while taking the stellar …
A Technique for Extracting Highly Precise Photometry for the Two-Wheeled Kepler Mission
A Vanderburg, JA Johnson - … of the Astronomical Society of the …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The original Kepler mission achieved high photometric precision thanks to ultrastable
pointing enabled by use of four reaction wheels. The loss of two of these reaction wheels …
pointing enabled by use of four reaction wheels. The loss of two of these reaction wheels …
The PLATO 2.0 mission
H Rauer, C Catala, C Aerts, T Appourchaux… - Experimental …, 2014 - Springer
PLATO 2.0 has recently been selected for ESA's M3 launch opportunity (2022/24). Providing
accurate key planet parameters (radius, mass, density and age) in statistical numbers, it …
accurate key planet parameters (radius, mass, density and age) in statistical numbers, it …
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 …
Revised stellar properties of Kepler targets for the Q1-17 (DR25) transit detection run
The determination of exoplanet properties and occurrence rates using Kepler data critically
depends on our knowledge of the fundamental properties (such as temperature, radius, and …
depends on our knowledge of the fundamental properties (such as temperature, radius, and …