Kepler

[ kep-ler ]

noun

Jo·han·nes [yoh-hah-nis, -han-is] /yoʊˈhɑ nɪs, -ˈhæn ɪs/ 1571–1630, German astronomer.
a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon having an extensive ray system: about 22 miles (35 km) in diameter.

Other words from Kepler

Kep·ler·i·an [kep-leer-ee-uhn], /kɛpˈlɪər i ən/, adjective

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How to use Kepler in a sentence

Kepler has surveyed about 150,000 sun-like stellar systems in our galaxy and discovered over 1,000 alien planets.
Is Life Special Just Because It’s Rare? - Issue 95: Escape | Alan Lightman | January 20, 2021 | Nautilus
Kepler might find thousands of new worlds, but it wouldn’t reveal enough of any single one of them for us to know whether it was somebody’s home.
My satellite would fit in a small suitcase. | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
In fact, Kepler pairs are miniature solar systems and Newton’s laws create them out of chaos.
Time Flows Toward Order - Issue 93: Forerunners | Julian Barbour | December 2, 2020 | Nautilus
Kepler surveyed over 150,000 stars, found more than 4,000 candidate exoplanets, and confirmed over 2,800.
There Could Be 300 Million (or More) Earth-Like Planets in Our Galaxy | Jason Dorrier | November 8, 2020 | Singularity Hub
Kepler has identified over 2,800 exoplanets, only some of which orbit sun-like stars.
Half the Milky Way’s sun-like stars could be home to Earth-like planets | Neel Patel | November 6, 2020 | MIT Technology Review

Kepler-10c, which is the proper name for the mega-Earth, orbits its star much closer than our planet does.
Mega-Earth Is the Weirdest Exoplanet Yet | Matthew R. Francis | June 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The planet was found via transit, and it is officially known as Kepler-186f.
What Does the Discovery of “Another Earth” Mean for Us? | Matthew R. Francis | April 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Kepler-186f is about 11 percent larger than Earth in diameter, which means it has nearly 25% more surface area.
What Does the Discovery of “Another Earth” Mean for Us? | Matthew R. Francis | April 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
So, for us to know if Kepler-186f is habitable or not, we have to consider several “ifs”.
What Does the Discovery of “Another Earth” Mean for Us? | Matthew R. Francis | April 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
On Thursday, researchers announced the discovery of Kepler-186f, an Earth-like exoplanet orbiting in a “habitable zone.”
What Does the Discovery of “Another Earth” Mean for Us? | Matthew R. Francis | April 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The celebrated Kepler discovered his canon for the periodical motion of the planets.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel Munsell
Such were the different false hypotheses which Kepler made respecting the law of the refraction of light.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart Mill
Kepler himself thought that there could be only six planets because there were only five regular solids.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart Mill
The only reason for Kepler's angels was his ignorance of the causes of planetary motion.
Theism or Atheism | Chapman Cohen
Kepler and Newton showed that these bodies were not governed in their motions by a god but by the law of gravitation.
Communism and Christianism | William Montgomery Brown

British Dictionary definitions for Kepler (1 of 2)

Kepler¹

/ (ˈkɛplə) /

noun

Johannes (joˈhanəs). 1571–1630, German astronomer. As discoverer of Kepler's laws of planetary motion he is regarded as one of the founders of modern astronomy

British Dictionary definitions for Kepler (2 of 2)

Kepler²

/ (ˈkɛplə) /

noun

a small crater in the NW quadrant of the moon, centre of a large bright ray system

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Scientific definitions for Kepler

Kepler

[ kĕp′lər ]

German astronomer and mathematician who is considered the founder of celestial mechanics. He was first to accurately describe the elliptical orbits of Earth and the planets around the Sun and demonstrated that planets move fastest when they are closest to the Sun. He also established that a planet's distance from the Sun can be calculated if its period of revolution is known.

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