Saturday, March 7, 2009

Kepler Mission: A search for habitable planets

The $590-million mission, jointly managed by JPL and NASA, will examine a star-rich stretch of sky for a planet where water could exist in liquid form

... Each rectangle indicates the specific region of the sky covered by each CCD element of the Kepler photometer. There are a total of 42 CCD elements in pairs, each pair comprising a square....

Kepler Mission: A search for habitable planets.

Read more at:
gogeometry.com/world_news_map/kepler_nasa_mission_search_habitable_planets.htm

Level: High School, SAT Prep, College geometry