Posted on Apr 29, 2020
APOD: 2020 April 28 - The Kepler 90 Planetary System
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Good morning, Rallypoint. It's another APOD two-fer (glad to be working). Yesterday's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "The Kepler Planetary System." The Kepler Space Telescope (KST) was launched in March 2009 and retired in October 2018. During its over nine and a half years of service, Kepler observed 530,506 stars and detected 2,662 planets. Kepler-90 is one such planetary system, and a total of 8 exoplanets were identified by KST. The planetary system lies about 2,500 light years away, and at magnitude 14 is visible with a medium-sized telescope toward the constellation of the Dragon (Draco).
APOD: 2020 April 28 - The Kepler 90 Planetary System
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the yesterday's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Tuesday April 28 entitled "The Kepler Planetary System."
Image: The Kepler-90 Planetary System - Illustration Credit - NASA Ames, Wendy Stenzel
"Explanation: Do other stars have planetary systems like our own? Yes -- one such system is Kepler-90. Cataloged by the Kepler satellite that operated from Earth orbit between 2009 and 2018, eight planets were discovered, giving Kepler-90 the same number of known planets as our Solar System. Similarities between Kepler-90 and our system include a G-type star comparable to our Sun, rocky planets comparable to our Earth, and large planets comparable in size to Jupiter and Saturn. Differences include that all of the known Kepler-90 planets orbit relatively close in -- closer than Earth's orbit around the Sun -- making them possibly too hot to harbor life. However, observations over longer time periods may discover cooler planets farther out. Kepler-90 lies about 2,500 light years away, and at magnitude 14 is visible with a medium-sized telescope toward the constellation of the Dragon (Draco). The exoplanet-finding mission TESS was launched in 2018, while missions with exoplanet finding capability planned for launch in the next decade include NASA's JWST and WFIRST."
Kepler's Song by Daniel Kelly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z8nJwqq-8A
FYI SSG Franklin Briant SSG William Jones 1SG Joseph Dartey SPC Nancy GreeneCPT Paul Whitmer Sgt John H. SPC Richard (Rick) Henry SPC Randy Zimmerman 1SG John Highfill COL Mikel J. Burroughs SPC Margaret Higgins 1SG Steven Imerman Cpl (Join to see) CPL Dave Hoover SFC John LichSgt Jackie JuliusSFC Richard WilliamsonMaj Scott Kiger, M.A.S. SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
Image: The Kepler-90 Planetary System - Illustration Credit - NASA Ames, Wendy Stenzel
"Explanation: Do other stars have planetary systems like our own? Yes -- one such system is Kepler-90. Cataloged by the Kepler satellite that operated from Earth orbit between 2009 and 2018, eight planets were discovered, giving Kepler-90 the same number of known planets as our Solar System. Similarities between Kepler-90 and our system include a G-type star comparable to our Sun, rocky planets comparable to our Earth, and large planets comparable in size to Jupiter and Saturn. Differences include that all of the known Kepler-90 planets orbit relatively close in -- closer than Earth's orbit around the Sun -- making them possibly too hot to harbor life. However, observations over longer time periods may discover cooler planets farther out. Kepler-90 lies about 2,500 light years away, and at magnitude 14 is visible with a medium-sized telescope toward the constellation of the Dragon (Draco). The exoplanet-finding mission TESS was launched in 2018, while missions with exoplanet finding capability planned for launch in the next decade include NASA's JWST and WFIRST."
Kepler's Song by Daniel Kelly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z8nJwqq-8A
FYI SSG Franklin Briant SSG William Jones 1SG Joseph Dartey SPC Nancy GreeneCPT Paul Whitmer Sgt John H. SPC Richard (Rick) Henry SPC Randy Zimmerman 1SG John Highfill COL Mikel J. Burroughs SPC Margaret Higgins 1SG Steven Imerman Cpl (Join to see) CPL Dave Hoover SFC John LichSgt Jackie JuliusSFC Richard WilliamsonMaj Scott Kiger, M.A.S. SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
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Fascinating. Kepler has been eclipsed by Hubble but it was the start of some serious exoplanet discoveries
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