Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results

Author:

Borucki William J.1,Koch David1,Basri Gibor2,Batalha Natalie3,Brown Timothy4,Caldwell Douglas5,Caldwell John6,Christensen-Dalsgaard Jørgen7,Cochran William D.8,DeVore Edna5,Dunham Edward W.9,Dupree Andrea K.10,Gautier Thomas N.11,Geary John C.10,Gilliland Ronald12,Gould Alan13,Howell Steve B.14,Jenkins Jon M.5,Kondo Yoji15,Latham David W.10,Marcy Geoffrey W.2,Meibom Søren10,Kjeldsen Hans7,Lissauer Jack J.1,Monet David G.16,Morrison David1,Sasselov Dimitar10,Tarter Jill5,Boss Alan17,Brownlee Don18,Owen Toby19,Buzasi Derek20,Charbonneau David10,Doyle Laurance5,Fortney Jonathan21,Ford Eric B.22,Holman Matthew J.10,Seager Sara23,Steffen Jason H.24,Welsh William F.25,Rowe Jason1,Anderson Howard2,Buchhave Lars10,Ciardi David26,Walkowicz Lucianne2,Sherry William14,Horch Elliott27,Isaacson Howard2,Everett Mark E.28,Fischer Debra29,Torres Guillermo10,Johnson John Asher26,Endl Michael8,MacQueen Phillip8,Bryson Stephen T.1,Dotson Jessie1,Haas Michael1,Kolodziejczak Jeffrey30,Van Cleve Jeffrey5,Chandrasekaran Hema5,Twicken Joseph D.5,Quintana Elisa V.5,Clarke Bruce D.5,Allen Christopher31,Li Jie5,Wu Haley5,Tenenbaum Peter5,Verner Ekaterina32,Bruhweiler Frederick32,Barnes Jason33,Prsa Andrej34

Affiliation:

1. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA.

2. University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

3. San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192, USA.

4. Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope, Goleta, CA 93117, USA.

5. SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

6. York University, North York, M3J 1P3 Ontario, Canada.

7. Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

8. McDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.

9. Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.

10. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

11. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA.

12. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.

13. Lawrence Hall of Science, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.

14. National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.

15. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20025, USA.

16. United States Naval Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USA.

17. Carnegie Institute of Washington, Washington, DC 20015 USA.

18. University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

19. University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI 96720 USA.

20. Eureka Scientific, Oakland, CA 94602, USA.

21. University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA.

22. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.

23. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

24. Fermilab, Batavia, IL 60510, USA.

25. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA.

26. Exoplanet Science Institute/Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.

27. Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT 06515, USA.

28. Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA.

29. Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.

30. Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA.

31. Orbital Sciences, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

32. Catholic University of America, Washington, DC 20064, USA.

33. University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844, USA.

34. Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19085, USA.

Abstract

Detecting Distant Planets More than 400 planets have been detected outside the solar system, most of which have masses similar to that of the gas giant planet, Jupiter. Borucki et al. (p. 977 , published online 7 January) summarize the planetary findings derived from the first six weeks of observations with the Kepler mission whose objective is to search for and determine the frequency of Earth-like planets in the habitable zones of other stars. The results include the detection of five new exoplanets, which confirm the existence of planets with densities substantially lower than those predicted for gas giant planets.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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