Kepler planet finder- mission overview-480p.mov

Keppler mission overview: The Kepler Mission uses a NASA space observatory designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars.[4] The spacecraft was launched on March 7, 2009 at 03:49:57 UTC (March 6, 10:49:57 pm EST). The mission is named in honor of German astronomer Johannes Kepler. With a planned mission lifetime of at least 3.5 years, Kepler uses a photometer developed by NASA to continuously monitor the brightness of over 145000[8] main sequence stars in a fixed field of view ...
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