Kepler space telescope

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The Kepler space telescope was a NASA space observatory designed to discover Earth-size exoplanets by continuously monitoring the brightness of over 150,000 stars.

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Generate an image of the Kepler space telescope (The Kepler space telescope was a NASA space observatory designed to discover Earth-size exoplanets by continuously monitoring the brightness of over 150,000 stars.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA space observatory ⓘ
space telescope ⓘ
spacecraft ⓘ
aperture 0.95 metres ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dataReleasePolicy public archive ⓘ
dataUsedFor asteroseismology ⓘ
exoplanet statistics ⓘ
stellar astrophysics ⓘ
deactivationDate 2018-10-30 ⓘ
discoveries many exoplanet candidates ⓘ
thousands of confirmed exoplanets ⓘ
extendedMission K2 mission ⓘ
fieldLocation constellations Cygnus and Lyra ⓘ
fieldOfView 115 square degrees ⓘ
focalPlane 42 CCDs ⓘ
fundingProgram NASA Discovery-class mission ⓘ
K2MissionStart 2014-05 ⓘ
launchDate 2009-03-07 ⓘ
launchedBy United Launch Alliance ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17B ⓘ
launchVehicle Delta II 7925-10L ⓘ
linked to: Delta rocket
mass 1052.4 kilograms ⓘ
missionEnd 2018-10-30 ⓘ
missionStart 2009-05-12 ⓘ
missionType exoplanet survey ⓘ
space observatory ⓘ
monitoredNumberOfStars over 150000 ⓘ
namedAfter Johannes Kepler ⓘ
notableDiscovery Kepler-186f ⓘ
Kepler-22b ⓘ
Kepler-452b ⓘ
operatedBy NASA Ames Research Center ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
orbitPeriod 372.5 days ⓘ
orbitType Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit ⓘ
power 1100 watts ⓘ
primaryMethod transit photometry ⓘ
primaryMissionEnd 2013-05 ⓘ
primaryObjective discover Earth-size exoplanets in or near the habitable zone of Sun-like stars ⓘ
program NASA Discovery Program ⓘ
projectScientist William J. Borucki ⓘ
reactionWheelFailure 2012 ⓘ
2013 ⓘ
scienceOperationsStart 2009-05-12 ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
telescopeType Schmidt telescope ⓘ
wavelengthRange visible light ⓘ

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Johannes Kepler → hasSpacecraftNamedAfter → Kepler space telescope ⓘ
NASA Astrophysics Division → overseesMission → Kepler Space Telescope ⓘ
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Mikulski Archive for Space Telescopes → dataSource → Kepler Space Telescope ⓘ
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Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite → predecessor → Kepler space telescope ⓘ
Kepler (Martian crater) → isDifferentFrom → Kepler (exoplanet mission) ⓘ
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NASA Exoplanet Archive → dataSource → Kepler mission ⓘ
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NASA spacecraft → includes → Kepler space telescope ⓘ
Delta II → notablePayload → Kepler Space Telescope ⓘ
subject linked to: Delta rocket
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K2 mission → usesSpacecraft → Kepler space telescope ⓘ
K2 mission → usesInstrument → Kepler photometer ⓘ
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Kepler-452b → discoveredBy → Kepler space telescope ⓘ
Kepler-22b → discoveredBy → Kepler space telescope ⓘ
Kepler-22b → discoveredBy → NASA Kepler mission ⓘ
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William J. Borucki → notableWork → Kepler space telescope ⓘ
Kepler-186f → discoveredBy → Kepler space telescope ⓘ
Kepler-186f → discoveredBy → NASA Kepler mission ⓘ
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Kepler-186f → transitObservedBy → Kepler photometer ⓘ
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Kepler-186f → discoveryFacility → Kepler Space Observatory ⓘ
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Kepler Objects of Interest → partOf → NASA Kepler mission ⓘ
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Kepler Objects of Interest → identifiedBy → Kepler space telescope ⓘ
NASA astrophysics observatories → includes → Kepler Space Telescope ⓘ
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Delta family of rockets → notableLaunch → Kepler space telescope ⓘ