The NASA Kepler mission /

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"Version: 20200901"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Prelude -- 2. The NASA Kepler and K2 missions / John Troeltzsch and Steve B. Howell -- 3. Exoplanets / Jessie L. Christiansen, Stephen R. Kane, Susan E. Mullally, Steve B. Howell, David R. Ciardi, Calen B. Henderson, Andrew M. Vanderburg, Fergal Mullally and Rachel Street -- 4. Stellar astrophysics with Kepler and K2 / William J. Chaplin, J.J. Hermes, Ann Marie Cody, Elliott P. Horch, Rachel A. Matson, Steven D. Kawaler, Steve B. Howell and David R. Ciardi -- 5. The solar system as observed by K2 / Csaba Kiss, L?aszl?o Moln?ar, Andr?as P?al and Steve B. Howell -- 6. Extragalactic studies from the Kepler/K2 missions / Krista Lynne Smith, Armin Rest, Peter Garnavich and Steve B. Howell.The NASA Kepler and K2 missions have made fundamental, paradigm changing advances in essentially every area of astrophysics and planetary science. While known for their breakthrough discoveries in exoplanets--especially small rocky worlds orbiting in the Habitable Zone of their host suns--these missions have also continued to make numerous scientific advances in solar system science, stellar astrophysics and extragalactic astronomy. This book is devoted to the Kepler and K2 missions and covers the tremendous new discoveries made in the areas of spacecraft engineering, asteroseismology, binary and variable stars, stellar astrophysics, white dwarfs, asteroids and comets, active galaxies, supernovae, black holes, and of course exoplanets of all types. It is suitable for the interested layperson, pupils of science and space missions, and advanced science students and researchers wishing for an introduction and highly focused memoir of the NASA Kepler mission and its amazing accomplishments.Graduate students and researchers.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Dr. Steve B Howell is a senior research scientist at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. He was formerly the head of the Space Science and Astrobiology Division and the project scientist for NASA's premier exoplanet finding missions: Kepler and K2. Dr. Howell has written over 800 scientific publications, numerous popular and technical articles, and has authored and edited ten books on astronomy and astronomical instrumentation.Title from PDF title page (viewed on October 5, 2020).

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1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).

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English

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9780750322966

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SCIENCE / Astronomy.
Solar system - the Sun & planets.
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