Kepler News and Results (Thread 2)

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Kepler planet count raised up to 131:

http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/

Added Kepler-61 b, Kepler-71 b, Kepler-74 b (= KOI-200 b) and Kepler-75 b (= KOI-889 b).

KOI-55 b & c are now labeled as Kepler-70 b & c.

Anyone know of a list of the confirmed KOI/KIC planets that don't have a Kepler number yet?

I have in my own personal notes:
KIC 4570949, KIC 10905746

KOI-94, KOI-142, KOI-152, KOI-156, KOI-202, KOI-206, KOI-500, KOI-680, KOI-730, KOI-775, KOI-841, KOI-869, KOI-877, KOI-880, KOI-898, KOI-1215, KOI-1474, KOI-1589

(if any are wrong or missing, please point it out! There's three KIC objects I've excluded because I do not feel they are confirmed, KIC 6185331, KIC 10449976 and KIC 12557548)

I have from EPE:
-KIC 12557548 (evaporating mecrucy, confirmed I think),
-KIC 12735740 (PH 2)
-KIC 8852719: http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.6235 not sure if "confirmed"

Also:
-KOI-135 b, KOI-196 b and KOI-204 b, hot jupiters

Thanks! Some of those KOIs have been given Kepler IDs, according to http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries/

KOI-13 = Kepler-13
KOI-135 = Kepler-43
KOI-196 = Kepler-41
KOI-204 = Kepler-44
KOI-254 = Kepler-45

Thanks,

Kepler-70b and c look very interesting, if only for their estimated masses...

-M-

That is very sad that Kepler's life is expected to be so short.

Sunchaser wrote:

Kepler-70b and c look very interesting, if only for their estimated masses...

-M-

That is very sad that Kepler's life is expected to be so short.

I remember that their masses where estimated in the discovery paper.

Edit: What about KOI-191, KOI-209, KOI-410 and KOI-896?

Did anyone notice that the 3 additional planet candidates in the Kepler-32 system (KOI-952.03, .04 and .05) have been given the designations Kepler-32d, e and f?

Anyone recall anything published where these were validated/confirmed?

I think was confirmed at the same time(in publication) when massess for b and c planets were measured

They probably got added after this paper.

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/news/keplerm-20130509.html

Kepler Mission Manager Update

Sequestration having its effect I see.

Quote :

Due to mandatory, across-the-board reductions in the Federal budget – termed "sequestration" – which went into effect on March 1, 2013, the team is reassessing plans to host the second Kepler Science Conference at NASA Ames Research Center. The conference had been scheduled for November 2013.

Edit: also from the Kepler website:

Quote :

The 2013 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop has been cancelled.
The NASA Exoplanet Science Institute looks forward to
holding it next summer. For more information, please see:
http://nexsci.caltech.edu/workshop/2013/cancellation.shtml


The Kepler Science Conference originally scheduled for fall 2013 has been cancelled.

Abstract only :

« Multiple planets or exomoons in Kepler hot Jupiter systems with transit timing variations? »

http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/aa/abs/2013/05/aa20132-12/aa20132-12.html

Led_Zep wrote:

Abstract only :

« Multiple planets or exomoons in Kepler hot Jupiter systems with transit timing variations? »

http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/aa/abs/2013/05/aa20132-12/aa20132-12.html

Try with arXiv.

ok, thanks !

Four years of (almost) uninterrupted observations of the field of view. Congratulations.

Good luck, Kepler.

I see EPE planet count signs 888. Three planets are supposed to be added to the list but I don't notice any.

May anyone help??

GJ676Ac, d and e are the most recent updates. Could it be those?

Lazarus wrote:

GJ676Ac, d and e are the most recent updates. Could it be those?

I've thought that, but they do not appear, neither do Kepler-65 planets...

A glitch?

???

I just sorted by last updated in descending order, they're there.

Maybe you need to refresh your browser cache.

Sudden NASA conference to discuss the status of the spacecraft.
http://www.nasa.gov/news/media/newsaudio/index.html

That doesn't sound good...

From the New York Times

Quote :

NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft has been crippled by the failure of one of the reaction wheels that keep it pointed, the space agency is announcing this afternoon, according to astronomers close to the situation.

Edit: Confirmed. reaction wheel failure.