Kepler Mission primary mirror mounting. The primary mirror has a diameter of meters. The surface is spherical with a radius of curvature of m.
Kepler Mission primary mirror mounting. The primary mirror has a diameter of meters. The surface is spherical with a radius of curvature of m. Here it is being mounted on the focus mechanism. NASA's Kepler Mission is designed to discover Earth-like planets orbiting other stars. A metre diameter telescope called a photometer will scan 100,000 stars in the Milky Way for evidence of Earth-sized terrestrial planets that transit the star's path. The mission was launched on March 7th, 2009, and will orbit the Sun for at least years. The mission is named in honour of German astronomer Johannes Kepler. Photographed at a Ball Aerospace facility.
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