Comments on: Is NASA going to launch a telescope that can detect earth size planets? http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/is-nasa-going-to-launch-a-telescope-that-can-detect-earth-size-planets/ Thu, 17 May 2012 20:55:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: poldi http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/is-nasa-going-to-launch-a-telescope-that-can-detect-earth-size-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-1741 poldi Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:54:38 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/is-nasa-going-to-launch-a-telescope-that-can-detect-earth-size-planets/#comment-1741 They did, called the Kepler Mission. It uses a NASA space telescope designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. Orbiting the sun for at least 3.5 years, Kepler will continuously monitor the brightness of over 100,000 stars in a fixed field of view. The data collected will be analyzed to detect periodic fluctuations that indicate the presence of transiting exoplanets. So it isn't using the wobble of the stars, but the change in brightness due to orbiting planets. They did, called the Kepler Mission.
It uses a NASA space telescope designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars.
Orbiting the sun for at least 3.5 years, Kepler will continuously monitor the brightness of over 100,000 stars in a fixed field of view.
The data collected will be analyzed to detect periodic fluctuations that indicate the presence of transiting exoplanets.
So it isn’t using the wobble of the stars, but the change in brightness due to orbiting planets.

]]> By: campbelp2002 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/is-nasa-going-to-launch-a-telescope-that-can-detect-earth-size-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-1740 campbelp2002 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:49:51 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/is-nasa-going-to-launch-a-telescope-that-can-detect-earth-size-planets/#comment-1740 Both the first 2 answers are good. Kepler has already been launched, but TPF is still just a proposal. Neither mission is using the wobble method though. Kepler will look for transits of planets and TPF will attempt to directly image the planets. Both the first 2 answers are good.

Kepler has already been launched, but TPF is still just a proposal.

Neither mission is using the wobble method though. Kepler will look for transits of planets and TPF will attempt to directly image the planets.

]]> By: Dodgey http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/is-nasa-going-to-launch-a-telescope-that-can-detect-earth-size-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-1739 Dodgey Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:06:03 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/is-nasa-going-to-launch-a-telescope-that-can-detect-earth-size-planets/#comment-1739 There is also a planned mission called the Terrestrial Planet Finder. There is also a planned mission called the Terrestrial Planet Finder.

]]> By: Spiritual Paradigm Shift http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/is-nasa-going-to-launch-a-telescope-that-can-detect-earth-size-planets/comment-page-1/#comment-1738 Spiritual Paradigm Shift Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:29:51 +0000 http://www.telescopebuyingguide.com/blog/is-nasa-going-to-launch-a-telescope-that-can-detect-earth-size-planets/#comment-1738 They already launched it. At least, that's the hope, that it will detect "Earth-like" (I'm assuming that constitutes size and mass requirements, as well has "habitable zone" possibilities) planets around other stars. It's called the Kepler Mission. They already launched it. At least, that’s the hope, that it will detect “Earth-like” (I’m assuming that constitutes size and mass requirements, as well has “habitable zone” possibilities) planets around other stars.

It’s called the Kepler Mission.

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