Kepler Mission

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:satellite
gptkbp:archiveType gptkb:Mikulski_Archive_for_Space_Telescopes
gptkbp:cost $600 million (approximate)
gptkbp:discoveredBy gptkb:Kepler-186f
gptkb:Kepler-22b
gptkb:Kepler-452b
thousands of exoplanet candidates
gptkbp:duration 9 years, 7 months
gptkbp:fieldOfView 115 square degrees
gptkbp:goal discover Earth-size exoplanets in or near habitable zones
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kepler Mission
gptkbp:instrument photometer
gptkbp:launchDate 2009-03-07
gptkbp:launchSite gptkb:Cape_Canaveral_SLC-17B
gptkbp:launchVehicle gptkb:Delta_II_7925-10L
gptkbp:mass 1052.4 kg
gptkbp:missionType astronomer
exoplanet search
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Johannes_Kepler
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:orbitType heliocentric, Earth-trailing
gptkbp:principalInvestigator gptkb:William_J._Borucki
gptkbp:retired 2018-10-30
gptkbp:scientificGoals determine frequency of Earth-size planets in habitable zones
characterize properties of exoplanet systems
determine the properties of stars hosting planets
gptkbp:spacecraft gptkb:Ball_Aerospace_2000
gptkbp:status retired
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Transiting_Exoplanet_Survey_Satellite_(TESS)
gptkbp:telescopeType photometer
gptkbp:wavelengthRange visible light
gptkbp:website https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/main/index.html
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Harvard-Smithsonian_Center_for_Astrophysics
gptkb:SETI_Institute
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5