Kepler Follow-up Program
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The Kepler-Follow-up Program, known also as the Kepler Follow-up Observation Program and KFOP, is a program instituted to conduct follow-up observations on Kepler Objects of Interest (KOI), or signals noticed by the Kepler space telescope that may indicate the presence of a planet transiting its host star. Because using the transit method to find planets tends to also bring about a large number of false positives, KFOP is intended to rule out false positives amongst the KOIs and held confirm more of Kepler's targets.
References
- {{cite arXiv |last1=Gautier |first1=T. |last2=Batalha |first2=N. |date=2010 |title=The Kepler Follow-up Observation Program |pages= |class=astro-ph.EP |eprint=1001.0352 }}
Category:Kepler space telescope
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