Monday, 19 February 2018

which space telescope discovered 100 new Exoplanets?

which space telescope discovered  100 new Exoplanets?






Options

1) kepler

2)hubble

3)Pioneer

4)panorama




answer

 1) kepler


Other details

Kepler is a space observatory launched by NASA to discover Earth-size planets orbiting other stars. 

it was Named after astronomer Johannes Kepler,

the spacecraft was launched on March 7, 2009,  into an Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit.

The principal investigator was William J. Borucki.

K2misson has found 292 planets,

Kepler mission has found  2,440 planets,

k2 mission was used since 2014

 



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