Earth and Space Sciences
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| Wednesday, April 21st | ||
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| 10:25 AM |
Estimating the Number of Earth-Sized Habitable Planets in our Galaxy Liam Archer '22, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy 10:25 AM - 10:40 AM NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope was designed to determine the frequency of Earth-sized planets orbiting sun-like stars, and while the number of these planets detected by Kepler is already known, the efficiency and accuracy of the telescope’s instruments are not extremely clear or precise. Using planetary transits accessed from Kepler lightcurve data, one can apply machine-learning methods for detecting transits and ... Read More |
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