Kepler telescope

American  

noun

1. astronomical telescope.

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Etymology

Origin of Kepler telescope

First recorded in 1905–10; after J. Kepler

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Kepler telescope

“Our satellite can be 10–15 times more powerful than NASA’s Kepler telescope in its sky-surveying capacity,” says Ge.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 13, 2022

Kepler-10b was the first rocky planet to be discovered by the Kepler telescope, in 2011.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2022

The Kepler telescope continued to observe for two more years, looking for short-period transits in different parts of the sky.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

The Kepler telescope can find possible planets by detecting tiny changes in the brightness of stars as planets pass between them and Earth.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2015

Huygens discovered also that an object placed in the common focus of the two lenses of a Kepler telescope appears distinct and clearly defined.

From A History of Science — Volume 2 by Williams, Henry Smith