Robert Morris
Scientific Programmer, Kepler Mission
Institution:
SETI Institute
Summary
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Detection of Potential Transit Signals in 17 Quarters of Kepler Data: Results of the Final Kepler Mission Transiting Pla...
...Published in arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.06140
We present results of the final Kepler Data Processing Pipeline search for transiting planet signals in the full 17-quarter primary mission dataset. The search includes a total of 198,709 stellar targets of which 112,046 were observed in all 17 quarters and 86,663 in fewer than 17 quarters. We report on 17,230 targets for which at least one transit...
PLANETARY CANDIDATES OBSERVED BY KEPLER. V. PLANET SAMPLE FROM Q1? Q12 (36 MONTHS)
...Published in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
The Kepler mission discovered 2842 exoplanet candidates with 2 yr of data. We provide updates to the Kepler planet candidate sample based upon 3 yr (Q1? Q12) of data. Through a series of tests to exclude false-positives, primarily caused by eclipsing binary stars and instrumental systematics, 855 additional planetary candidates have been discovered...
Architecture of Kepler s multi-transiting systems. II. New investigations with twice as many candidates
...Published in The Astrophysical Journal
We report on the orbital architectures of Kepler systems having multiple-planet candidates identified in the analysis of data from the first six quarters of Kepler data and reported by Batalha et al.(2013). These data show 899 transiting planet candidates in 365 multiple-planet systems and provide a powerful means to study the statistical propertie...
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Maximizing Science Return from Future Mars Missions with Onboard Image Analyses
We have developed two new techniques to enhance science return and to decrease returned data volume for near-term Mars missions: 1) multi-spectral image compression and 2) autonomous identification and fusion of in-focus regions in an image series.
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Planetary Candidates Observed by V: Planet Sample from Q1-Q12 (36 Months)
...Published in arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.07286
The Kepler mission discovered 2842 exoplanet candidates with 2 years of data. We provide updates to the Kepler planet candidate sample based upon 3 years (Q1-Q12) of data. Through a series of tests to exclude false-positives, primarily caused by eclipsing binary stars and instrumental systematics, 855 additional planetary candidates have been disco...
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Finding Every Planet We Can – Improving the Optimal Apertures in Kepler Data " Towards Other Earths II, The Star Planet ...
With the loss of two spacecraft reaction wheels precluding further data collection in the primary mission, even greater pressure is placed on the processing pipeline to eke out every last transit signal in the data. To that end, we have developed a new method to optimize the Kepler Simple Aperture Photometry photometric apertures for both plan...
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Kepler Data Release 21 Notes (KSCI-19061-001)
...Published in Kepler mission
These Data Release Notes provide information specific to the current reprocessing and re-export of Q0–Q14 data. Specifically, this data release provides an improved version of the PDC light curves and corrects the barycentric times so they include the conversion to TDB (Barycentric Dynamical Time). As such, these Notes are an addendum to the Data R...
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Multispectral imaging from Mars Pathfinder
The Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) was a mast-mounted instrument on the Mars Pathfinder lander which landed on Mars Ares Vallis floodplain on July 4, 1997. During the 83 sols of Mars Pathfinders landed operations, the IMP collected over 16,600 images. Multispectral images were collected using twelve narrowband filters at wavelengths between 400 a...
CRISM (compact reconnaissance imaging spectrometer for Mars) on MRO (Mars reconnaissance orbiter)
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CRISM (Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars) is a hyperspectral imager that will be launched on the MRO (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) spacecraft in August 2005. MRO" s objectives are to recover climate science originally to have been conducted on the Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO), to identify and characterize sites of possible aqueous ...
Autonomous Image Analysis for Future Mars Missions AGU Meeting
