Kepler-62 & 69
Kepler-37
Kepler-48 - 60
Kepler-47
Kepler-36b & 36c
Kepler-34b & 35b
Kepler-22b
Kepler-20b
Kepler-18
Kepler-16b
Kepler-11
Kepler-10b,
Importance of Planet Detection
The centuries-old quest for other worlds like our Earth has been rejuvenated by the intense excitement and popular interest surrounding the discovery of hundreds of planets orbiting other stars.
There is now clear evidence for substantial numbers of three types of exoplanets; gas giants, hot-super-Earths in short period orbits, and ice giants. The following websites are tracking the day-by-day increase in new discoveries and are providing information on the characteristics of the planets as well as those of the stars they orbit: The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia, NASA Exoplanet Archive, New Worlds Atlas, and Current Planet Count Widget.
The challenge now is to find terrestrial planets (i.e., those one half to twice the size of the Earth), especially those in the habitable zone of their stars where liquid water and possibly life might exist.
Kepler Mission Scientific Objective:
The scientific objective of the Kepler Mission is to explore the structure and diversity of planetary systems. This is achieved by surveying a large sample of stars to:
Determine the abundance of terrestrial and larger planets in or near the habitable zone of a wide variety of stars;
Determine the distribution of sizes and shapes of the orbits of these planets;
Estimate how many planets there are in multiple-star systems;
Determine the variety of orbit sizes and planet reflectivities, sizes, masses and densities of short-period giant planets;
Identify additional members of each discovered planetary system using other techniques; and
Determine the properties of those stars that harbor planetary systems.
The Kepler Mission also supports the objectives of future NASA Origins theme missions Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) and Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF),
By identifying the common stellar characteristics of host stars for future planet searches,
By defining the volume of space needed for the search and
By allowing SIM to target systems already known to have terrestrial planets.
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