Characteristics of Kepler Planetary Candidates Based on the First Data Set: The Majority are Found to be Neptune-Size and Smaller

@article{Borucki2010CharacteristicsOK,
  title={Characteristics of Kepler Planetary Candidates Based on the First Data Set: The Majority are Found to be Neptune-Size and Smaller},
  author={William J. Borucki and for the Agile team},
  journal={arXiv: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics},
  year={2010}
}
  • W. Borucki, F. team
  • Published 14 June 2010
  • Physics, Geology
  • arXiv: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
In the spring of 2009, the Kepler Mission commenced high-precision photometry on nearly 156,000 stars to determine the frequency and characteristics of small exoplanets, conduct a guest observer program, and obtain asteroseismic data on a wide variety of stars. On 15 June 2010 the Kepler Mission released data from the first quarter of observations. At the time of this publication, 706 stars from this first data set have exoplanet candidates with sizes from as small as that of the Earth to… 
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