Kepler planet-detection mission: introduction and first results

…, M Endl, P MacQueen, ST Bryson, J Dotson, M Haas… - Science, 2010 - science.org
The Kepler mission was designed to determine the frequency of Earth-sized planets in and
near the habitable zone of Sun-like stars. The habitable zone is the region where planetary …

Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler. II. Analysis of the first four months of data

…, M Endl, D Fabrycky, F Fressin, M Haas… - The Astrophysical …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
On 2011 February 1 the Kepler mission released data for 156,453 stars observed from the
beginning of the science observations on 2009 May 2 through September 16. There are 1235 …

Planet occurrence within 0.25 AU of solar-type stars from Kepler

…, D Ciardi, F Fressin, MR Haas… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the distribution of planets as a function of planet radius, orbital period, and stellar
effective temperature for orbital periods less than 50 days around solar-type (GK) stars. …

A process model to estimate biodiesel production costs

MJ Haas, AJ McAloon, WC Yee, TA Foglia - Bioresource technology, 2006 - Elsevier
‘Biodiesel’ is the name given to a renewable diesel fuel that is produced from fats and oils. It
consists of the simple alkyl esters of fatty acids, most typically the methyl esters. We have …

The K2 mission: characterization and early results

SB Howell, C Sobeck, M Haas, M Still… - Publications of the …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The K2 mission will make use of the Kepler spacecraft and its assets to expand upon Kepler's
groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of exoplanets and astrophysics through new and …

Planetary candidates observed by Kepler. III. Analysis of the first 16 months of data

…, DR Ciardi, TN Gautier, MR Haas… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
New transiting planet candidates are identified in 16 months (2009 May–2010 September) of
data from the Kepler spacecraft. Nearly 5000 periodic transit-like signals are vetted against …

Kepler mission design, realized photometric performance, and early science

…, ST Bryson, JL Dotson, P Gazis, MR Haas… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The Kepler Mission, launched on 2009 March 6, was designed with the explicit capability to
detect Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars using the transit photometry …

Kepler-16: a transiting circumbinary planet

…, EW Dunham, WD Cochran, A Boss, MR Haas… - Science, 2011 - science.org
We report the detection of a planet whose orbit surrounds a pair of low-mass stars. Data
from the Kepler spacecraft reveal transits of the planet across both stars, in addition to the …

A closely packed system of low-mass, low-density planets transiting Kepler-11

…, TN Gautier III, JC Geary, RL Gilliland, MR Haas… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
When an extrasolar planet passes in front of (transits) its star, its radius can be measured
from the decrease in starlight and its orbital period from the time between transits. Multiple …

Overview of the Kepler science processing pipeline

…, DL Pletcher, JA Dotson, MR Haas… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The Kepler Mission Science Operations Center (SOC) performs several critical functions
including managing the∼ 156,000 target stars, associated target tables, science data …