Advances in exoplanet science from Kepler
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2015-06-22 v1
Abstract
Numerous telescopes and techniques have been used to find and study extrasolar planets, but none has been more successful than NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. Kepler has discovered the majority of known exoplanets, the smallest planets to orbit normal stars, and the worlds most likely to be similar to our home planet. Most importantly, Kepler has provided our first look at typical characteristics of planets and planetary systems for planets with sizes as small as and orbits as large as those of the Earth.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1409.1595,
title = {Advances in exoplanet science from Kepler},
author = {Jack J. Lissauer and Rebekah I. Dawson and Scott Tremaine},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.1595},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
33 pages, 4 figures, submitted to Nature Insight