{"id":1939,"date":"2016-01-12T16:09:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T15:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cielipiemontesi.it\/?p=1939"},"modified":"2016-01-12T16:21:43","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T15:21:43","slug":"kepler-marks-1000th-exoplanet-discovery-uncovers-more-small-worlds-in-habitable-zones-seti-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cielipiemontesi.it\/?p=1939","title":{"rendered":"Kepler marks 1,000th exoplanet discovery, uncovers more small worlds in habitable zones >> SETI Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Kepler has now discovered more than 100 confirmed\u00a0alien planets<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0during its second-chance K2 mission, researchers announced today (Jan. 5) here at the 227th\u00a0Meeting<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0of the American Astronomical Society (AAS).<\/p>\n

The $600 million Kepler mission launched in March 2009, tasked with determining how commonly Earth-like planets occur throughout the Milky Way galaxy. Kepler has been incredibly successful, finding more than 1,000 alien worlds to date,\u00a0more than half of all exoplanets ever discovered.<\/p>\n

The spacecraft finds planets by the “transit method,” noting the tiny brightness dips caused when a planet crosses its host star’s face from Kepler’s perspective. This technique requires extremely precise pointing, anability<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Kepler lost in May 2013 when the second of the observatory’s four orientation-maintaining reaction wheels failed.<\/p>\n

But the Kepler\u00a0team<\/a>\u00a0quickly figured out a way to keep the telescope stable, using solar radiation pressure as a sort of third wheel. That meant the spacecraft could eye different patches of the sky for around 80 days at a time to search for planets and other cosmic bodies and phenomena. That’s what Kepler has been doing in its\u00a0K2 mission<\/a>,<\/strong> which NASA greenlit in May 2014.<\/p>\n

Researchers had expressed hope that K2 could pick up some additional exoplanets and interesting structures in the sky. The extended mission has certainly delivered, spotting a few dozen confirmed planets, and now the tally will jump dramatically.<\/p>\n

Read the rest at\u00a0http:\/\/www.space.com\/31528-100-alien-planets-discovery-nasa-kepler-space…<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

E con un miglior flusso sanguigno quanto costa la pillola<\/a>, abbiamo una migliore erezione.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kepler has now discovered more than 100 confirmed\u00a0alien planets\u00a0during its second-chance K2 mission, researchers announced today (Jan. 5) here at the 227th\u00a0Meeting\u00a0of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The $600 million Kepler mission launched in March 2009, tasked with determining how commonly Earth-like planets occur throughout the Milky Way galaxy. Kepler has been incredibly successful, finding … <\/p>\n

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