Kepler: A space mission to detect earth-class exoplanets

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3356, Issue , 1998, Pages 599-607

  Koch, David ^a   Borucki, William ^a   Webster, Larry ^a   Dunhamb, Edward ^b   Jenkins, Jon ^c   Mathott, John ^d   Reitsema, Harold ^d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c Se'Ti Institute   (United States)

^d BALL AEROSPACE AND TECHNOLOGIES CORP   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth class planets; Extrasolar planets; Photometry; Planet detection; Transit method

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC TEMPERATURE; PLANET DETECTION; PLANET FORMATION; REFLECTED LIGHT; SOLAR-LIKE STARS; SYSTEM SENSITIVITY; TRANSIT METHODS; VISUAL MAGNITUDES;

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; SPACE TELESCOPES; STARS; ASTRONOMY; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; LIGHT REFLECTION;

EARTH (PLANET); PHOTOMETERS;

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS;

EID: 0032303618     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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