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Page_1 The Search for Other Earths

Page_2 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Are We Alone in the Universe? Credit: BBC Click to play

Page_3 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 What Is Kepler?

Page_4 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 The Sun Is a Star Credit: NASA/JPL

Page_5 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Earth Is a Planet Credit: NASA

Page_6 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Our Solar System

Page_7 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 What Does “Habitable” Mean to You?  Right temperature  Liquid water  Air to breathe  Light to keep you warm and to see  Radiation shield  Asteroid protection

Page_8 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 The Goldilocks Zone

Page_9 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 We Use Transits to Find Other Earths Credit: Jyri Näränen, Nordic Optic Telescope Credit: NASA

Page_10 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Let’s Watch a Transit Click to play

Page_11 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 The Kepler Spacecraft

Page_12 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Photometer Lower Housing Upper Housing Primary Mirror Schmidt Corrector Sunshade Focal Plane Array

Page_13 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Primary Mirror

Page_14 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Light Sensors (CCDs)

Page_15 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Liftoff! March 6, 2009 Click to play

Page_16 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Target Region in Milky Way

Page_17 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Operations Team & Science Team Credit: Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado

Page_18 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 The First Five Discoveries

Page_19 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Transit Light Curves

Page_20 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 First Rocky Planet Credit: NASA/Kepler Mission/Dana Berry

Page_21 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 One Planet, Two Suns Credit: Lucasfilm Ltd. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt

Page_22 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 First Earth-sized Planet Credit: NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech

Page_23 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 Sisters? Credit: NASA Ames/SETI Institute/JPL-Caltech

Page_24 D1710_Elementary October 2013D1710_Elementary May 2014 This Is a Discovery Mission! Credit: ESA, NASA and G. Tinetti (University College London, UK & ESA)