Cosmic Exploration · mission
Kepler
2009 · NASA · Cygnus and Lyra · Completed
- Agency
- NASA
- Status
- Completed
- End Date
- 2018-10-30
- Destination
- Cygnus and Lyra
- Launch Date
- 2009-03-07
Objective
Stared at 150,000 stars for four years without moving, measuring dimmings of a hundredth of a percent. It found over 2,600 planets and made 'how many are there' a statistical question.
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