Sentences with phrase «kepler photometry»

Batalha is responsible for the selection of the more than 150,000 stars the spacecraft monitors and works closely with team members at Ames to identify viable planet candidates from Kepler photometry.

In order to test if our conclusions are affected by contamination of the Kepler photometry, we have repeated the whole analysis excluding the six binary stars.

We conduct an asteroseismic analysis of the Kepler photometry and conclude that the star has an average density of 1.652 + / -0.006 g / cm ^ 3.

Asteroseismology of the open clusters NGC 6791, NGC 6811, and NGC 6819 from nineteen months of Kepler photometry

The characteristics of the host star are well constrained by high - resolution spectroscopy combined with an asteroseismic analysis of the Kepler photometry, leading to an estimated mass and radius of 0.970 + / - 0.060 M... ▽ More A search of the time - series photometry from NASA's Kepler spacecraft reveals a transiting planet candidate orbiting the 11th magnitude G5 dwarf KIC 10593626 with a period of 290 days.

Using the very high precision Kepler photometry, and follow - up observations, our confidence that these signals represent planetary transits is > 99.1 %.

Dynamical masses, absolute radii and 3D orbits of the triply eclipsing star HD 181068 from Kepler photometry

Abstract: We present the discovery of the Kepler - 19 planetary system, which we first identified from a 9.3 - day periodic transit signal in the Kepler photometry.

We combine the estimate of Teff and [Fe / H] with an estimate o... ▽ More We present the discovery of the Kepler - 19 planetary system, which we first identified from a 9.3 - day periodic transit signal in the Kepler photometry.

From the Kepler photometry, we estimate a stellar rotation period of 36 days, which implies a stellar age of > 1 Gyr.

The presence of a second, non-transiting planet was inferred from the transit time variations (TTVs) of Kepler - 19b, over 8 quarters of Kepler photometry, although neither mass nor period could be determined.

Using public Kepler photometry, we demonstrate that the two observed transits can be uniquely attributed to the 704.2 day period.

The presence of a second, non-transiting planet was inferred from the transit time variations (TTVs) of Kepler - 19b, over 8 quarters of Kepler photometry, although neither mas... ▽ More We report a detailed characterization of the Kepler - 19 system.

Using the very high precision Kepler photometry, and follow - up observations, our confidence that these signals re... ▽ More We present the discovery of a super-earth-sized planet in or near the habitable zone of a sun - like star.

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«William Borucki, of the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California,» won the astronomy prize for «conceiving the observational technique of transit photometry that raised the tantalizing prospect of sighting Earth - like planets orbiting other stars, and [for] leading the 25 - year - long development of the Kepler mission.»

William Borucki, of the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California, has captured the astronomy prize for two achievements: conceiving the observational technique of transit photometry that raised the tantalizing prospect of sighting Earth - like planets orbiting other stars, and leading the 25 - year - long development of the Kepler mission, which in 2009 placed a telescope in space to make those observations.

Potential transit signals are subjected to further analysis using the pixel - level data, wh... ▽ More We provide updates to the Kepler planet candidate sample based upon nearly two years of high - precision photometry (i.e., Q1 - Q8).

Our longest... ▽ More We present a preliminary analysis of the cool pulsating white dwarf GD 1212, enabled by more than 11.5 days of space - based photometry obtained during an engineering test of the two - reaction - wheel - controlled Kepler spacecraft.

This brings the total number of KOIs and planet... ▽ More \ We present the sixth catalog of Kepler candidate planets based on nearly 4 years of high precision photometry.

For most of the candidates (85 %), the transit depths measured with Kepler are consistent with the depths measured with Spitzer as expected for planetary objects, while we find that the most discrepant measurements are due to the presence of unresolved stars that dilute the photometry.

The planets are mostly smaller than Neptune (21/26 planets) as in the Kepler mission and all have short periods ($ P < 50 $ d) due to the duration of the K2 photometry.

The rotation periods delineate a tight sequence in the NGC6811 color - period diagram from ~ 1 day at mid... ▽ More We present rotation periods for 71 single dwarf members of the open cluster NGC6811 determined using photometry from NASA's Kepler Mission.

Abstract: We use the optical and near - infrared photometry from the Kepler Input Catalog to provide improved estimates of the stellar characteristics of the smallest stars in the Kepler target list.

Abstract: We present rotation periods for 71 single dwarf members of the open cluster NGC6811 determined using photometry from NASA's Kepler Mission.

Abstract: \ We present the sixth catalog of Kepler candidate planets based on nearly 4 years of high precision photometry.

The results are the first from The Kepler Cluster Study which combine Kepler's photometry with ground - based spectroscopy for cluster membership and binarity.

Next, we'll explore how the Kepler mission is using photometry to perform a stellar census of potentially habitable planets.

Kepler measures the size of planets and their distance from stars using a technique known as transit photometry, in which the telescope watches for small decreases in the light visible from specific stars, indicating that a planet has passed in front.

The data returned from Kepler are unique in terms of the number of stars observed, precision of photometry for time series observations, and the temporal extent of high duty cycle observations.

Abstract: The Kepler Mission, launched on Mar 6, 2009 was designed with the explicit capability to detect Earth - size planets in the habitable zone of solar - like stars using the transit photometry method.

Follow - up radial velocity measurements with th... ▽ More We present 44 days of high duty cycle, ultra precise photometry of the 13th magnitude star Kepler - 5 (KIC 8191672, Teff = 6300 K, logg = 4.1), which exhibits periodic transits with a depth of 0.7 %.

Many as... ▽ More The Kepler Mission, launched on Mar 6, 2009 was designed with the explicit capability to detect Earth - size planets in the habitable zone of solar - like stars using the transit photometry method.

Two distinct sets of transit events were detected: 1) a 152 + / - 4 ppm dimming lasting 1.811 + / - 0.024 hours with ephemeris T [BJD] = 2454964.57375 + N... ▽ More NASA's Kepler Mission uses transit photometry to determine the frequency of earth - size planets in or near the habitable zone of Sun - like stars.

Abstract: The Kepler Mission relies on precise differential photometry to detect the 80 parts per million (ppm) signal from an Earth - Sun equivalent transit.

Of these candidates, 219 are new in this catalog and include two new candidates in multi-planet systems (KOI - 82.06 and KOI... ▽ More We present the Kepler Object of Interest (KOI) catalog of transiting exoplanets based on searching four years of Kepler time series photometry (Data Release 25, Q1 — Q17).

Abstract: We present the Kepler Object of Interest (KOI) catalog of transiting exoplanets based on searching four years of Kepler time series photometry (Data Release 25, Q1 — Q17).

We use broadband photometry and asteroseismology to characterize 11,532 Kepler targets which were previously unclassified in the Kepler Input Catalog (KIC).

... ▽ More Early time - series photometry from NASA's Kepler spacecraft has revealed a planet transiting the star we term Kepler - 4, at RA = 19h02m27.68 s, Dec = +50:08:08.7.

The catalog is based on a compilation of literature values for atmospheric properties (temperature, surface gravity, and metallicity) derived from different observational techniques (photometry, spectroscopy, as... ▽ More We present revised properties for 196,468 stars observed by the NASA Kepler Mission and used in the analysis of Quarter 1 - 16 (Q1 - Q16) data to detect and characterize transiting exoplanets.

Abstract: A search of the time - series photometry from NASA's Kepler spacecraft reveals a transiting planet candidate orbiting the 11th magnitude G5 dwarf KIC 10593626 with a period of 290 days.

Abstract: We present the characterization of the Kepler - 93 exoplanetary system, based on three years of photometry gathered by the Kepler spacecraft.