Статья

<i>KEPLER MISSION</i> DESIGN, REALIZED PHOTOMETRIC PERFORMANCE, AND EARLY SCIENCE

David G. KochNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA; [email protected]William J. BoruckiNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA; [email protected]Gibor BasriDepartment of Astronomy, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USANatalie M. BatalhaDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192, USATimothy M. BrownLas Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope, Goleta, CA 93117, USADouglas CaldwellSETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USAJørgen Christensen-DalsgaardAarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus C, DenmarkWilliam D. CochranMcDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USAEdna DeVoreSETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USAEdward W. DunhamLowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, USAThomas N. GautierJet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109, USAJohn C. GearyHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USARonald L. GillilandSpace Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, USAAlan GouldLawarence Hall of Science, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USAJon JenkinsSETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USAYoji KondoNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USADavid W. LathamHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAJack J. LissauerNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA; [email protected]Geoffrey MarcyDepartment of Astronomy, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USADavid MonetUnited States Naval Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ 86002, USADimitar SasselovHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USAAlan BossDonald BrownleeDepartmant of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USAJohn CaldwellDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, CanadaAndrea K. DupreeHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USASteve B. HowellNational Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ 85726, USAHans KjeldsenAarhus University, DK-8000, Aarhus C, DenmarkSøren MeibomHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA 02138, USADavid MorrisonNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA; [email protected]Tobias OwenInstitute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USAHarold ReitsemaJill TarterSETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USAStephen T. BrysonNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA; [email protected]Jessie L. DotsonNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA; [email protected]Paul GazisSETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USAMichael R. HaasNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA; [email protected]Jeffrey KolodziejczakSpace Science Office, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35812, USAJason F. RoweNASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA; [email protected]Jeffrey E. Van CleveSETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USAChristopher AllenOrbital Sciences Corp., NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USAHema ChandrasekaranSETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USABruce D. ClarkeSETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USAJie LiSETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USAElisa V. QuintanaSETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USAPeter TenenbaumSETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USAJoseph D. TwickenSETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USAHayley WuSETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA

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Аннотация

The <em>Kepler Mission</em>, 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 transit photometry method. Results from just 43 days of data along with ground-based follow-up observations have identified five new transiting planets with measurements of their masses, radii, and orbital periods. Many aspects of stellar astrophysics also benefit from the unique, precise, extended, and nearly continuous data set for a large number and variety of stars. Early results for classical variables and eclipsing stars show great promise. To fully understand the methodology, processes, and eventually the results from the mission, we present the underlying rationale that ultimately led to the flight and ground system designs used to achieve the exquisite photometric performance. As an example of the initial photometric results, we present variability measurements that can be used to distinguish dwarf stars from red giants.

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DOI: 10.1088/2041-8205/713/2/l79

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