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Kepler Mission & the Habitable Zone

Join Kayla Young and Dr. Michal Simon from Stony Brook University as they delve into the Kepler Mission's groundbreaking efforts to discover Earth-sized exoplanets in the habitable zone of late-type stars. Learn about the transit method used to identify these planets, and understand the significance of habitable zones based on stellar types. This presentation reviews key literature on the subject and highlights ongoing research aimed at characterizing the potential for life beyond our solar system.

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Kepler Mission & the Habitable Zone

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  1. Kepler Mission & the Habitable Zone Kayla Young in collaboration with Dr. Michal Simon Stony Brook University

  2. Kepler Mission- Importance • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTsplXNIMbg Figure One Haas et al: “Kepler’s primary mission is a search for Earth-size exoplanets in the habitable zone of late-type stars using the transit method.”

  3. Kepler Mission Figure 3 Figure 2

  4. Transit Method & Light Curves Figure 4 http://kepler.nasa.gov/multimedia/Interactives/HowKeplerDiscoversPlanetsElementary/# Figure 5

  5. Habitable Zone Figure 6 • Kasting, James. “Habitable Zones around Main Sequence Stars.” Icarus 101 108-128. 1993

  6. M-Spectral Type and the Habitable Zone Figure 7 Figure 8

  7. Literature Review • Scalo, John “M Stars as Targerts for TerresttialExoplanet Searches and Biosignature Detection” 2007 • Kaltenegger, L. “Characterizing Habitable Exomoons” 2011

  8. Bibliography • Davenport, James R. A. On the Habitability of Planets around M Dwarfs. Tech. St. Louis, 201 • Haas, Michael R. "Kepler Science Operations." The Astrophysical Journal Letters 713 (2010): L115-119 • Kaltenegger, L. "Characterizing Habitable Exomoons." The Astrophysical Journal Letters 713 (2010): L135-130 • Kasting, James F. "Habitable Zones around Main Sequence Stars." Icarus, 1993 • Koch, David G. "Discovery of the Transiting Planet Kepler-5b." The Astrophysical Journal Letters 713 (2010): L131-L135. • NASA. "Kepler: Photometer and Spacecraft." Kepler: Home Page. Web. 14 June 2011. <http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/QuickGuide/MissionDesign/PhotometerAndSpacecraft/>. • NASA. "Kepler: Launch Vehicle and Orbit." Kepler: Home Page. Web. 14 June 2011. http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/QuickGuide/MissionDesign/launchVehicleAndOrbit/ • NASA. "Kepler: About the Mission." Kepler: Home Page. Web. 14 June 2011. <http://kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/QuickGuide/>. • Scalo, John. "M Stars Are Targerts for Terrestrial Exoplanet Searches and Biosignature Detection." Astrobiology 7 (2007): 85-156.

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