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How Kepler
discovers planets (advanced)

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EARLY SCIENCE RESULTS!

Press Release:
2009 August 6. NASA'S Kepler Mission Spies Changing Phases in a Distant World

Article by Borucki et al: Kepler’s Optical Phase Curve of the Exoplanet HAT-P-7b

Press briefing video -|- science@nasa article

Now available: Powerpoint Slides from Bill Borucki's presentation 2009 August 14 at the International Astronomical Union meeting.

Kepler e-clips thumbnailil Kepler NASA eClips™ video .

HATP7 light curve

Successful launch:
2009 March 6, 10:49 pm EST.

Ejection of the Dust Cover: 2009
April 7

First Light Image: 2009
April 8

The TV program
"Alien Earths" aired Sep 3 on the National Geographic Channel.
See excerpts.

Kepler - NASA portal (in NASA Current Missions site)

Teachers: Check out Kepler Classroom Activities,
Speakers Bureau, Powerpoint Files,
Models & Simulations, and other materials on the
Education and Public Outreach pages.

video overview of Kepler mission - thumbnail

Podcast about Kepler Mission:
Low-Res (50Mb .mov, Quicktime, best for Mac)
Low-Res (111 Mb .avi, best for Windows without QT)
Medium Res (120Mb, .mov)
Medium Res (12 Mb, .mp4)
Script of podcast (Word Doc)

Current count of exoplanets at: PlanetQuest or
Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia

Where Kepler looks

NASA Kepler webcasts -|- Full Press Kit (3 Mb pdf)
Pre-launch Media Resources
Pre-launch and launch media from Kennedy Space Center (KSC)

Discovery Missions

Last Modified:
25 September, 2009