Re: Kepler News and Results

by Led_Zep on Mon 13 May 2013, 05:04

Abstract only :

« Multiple planets or exomoons in Kepler hot Jupiter systems with transit timing variations? »

http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/aa/abs/2013/05/aa20132-12/aa20132-12.html

by Edasich on Mon 13 May 2013, 05:29

Led_Zep wrote:Abstract only :

« Multiple planets or exomoons in Kepler hot Jupiter systems with transit timing variations? »

http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/aa/abs/2013/05/aa20132-12/aa20132-12.html

Try with arXiv.

by Led_Zep on Mon 13 May 2013, 14:58

$D\'oh!$
ok, thanks !

by pochimax on Mon 13 May 2013, 16:28

Four years of (almost) uninterrupted observations of the field of view. Congratulations.

Good luck, Kepler.

by Edasich on Wed 15 May 2013, 12:03

I see EPE planet count signs 888. Three planets are supposed to be added to the list but I don't notice any.

May anyone help??

by Lazarus on Wed 15 May 2013, 12:52

GJ676Ac, d and e are the most recent updates. Could it be those?

by Edasich on Wed 15 May 2013, 12:57

Lazarus wrote:GJ676Ac, d and e are the most recent updates. Could it be those?

I've thought that, but they do not appear, neither do Kepler-65 planets... Rolling Eyes

A glitch?

by Lazarus on Wed 15 May 2013, 13:00

???

I just sorted by last updated in descending order, they're there.

Maybe you need to refresh your browser cache.

by Sirius_Alpha on Wed 15 May 2013, 13:44

Sudden NASA conference to discuss the status of the spacecraft.
http://www.nasa.gov/news/media/newsaudio/index.html

by Lazarus on Wed 15 May 2013, 14:09

That doesn't sound good...

by Sirius_Alpha on Wed 15 May 2013, 14:40

From the New York Times

NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has been crippled by the failure of one of the reaction wheels that keep it pointed, the space agency is announcing this afternoon, according to astronomers close to the situation.

Edit: Confirmed. reaction wheel failure.

by Led_Zep on Wed 15 May 2013, 15:13

IS KEPLER DEAD ???
Sad

KEPLER mission manager update :
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/keplerm-20130515.html

by jyril on Wed 15 May 2013, 15:29

From the release:

With the failure of a second reaction wheel, it's unlikely that the spacecraft will be able to return to the high pointing accuracy that enables its high-precision photometry. However, no decision has been made to end data collection.

While completely expected, this came much sooner than hoped. Sad

by Daniel on Wed 15 May 2013, 15:36

indeed a sad day for a great mission,and with cut of NASA budget turn new exoplanets missions far from come out of the papers so soon Sad

by Lazarus on Wed 15 May 2013, 16:24

Dynamics of Cats
http://scienceblogs.com/catdynamics/2013/05/15/kepler-the-little-spacecraft-that-could/

That is the end of Kepler’s primary science mission.
The data is in the archives available for analysis. There will be no more.
It is just short of finding the other Earth.
So very very close..