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Kepler Mission: Table-top Models

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Explore a series of table-top models, some ready-made and others you can build, demonstrating the principle of how Kepler will find extrasolar planets by the transit method.

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Related Links Kepler Mission Overview
Exoplanet Exploration: What's a Transit?
NASA's Strange New Worlds Gallery
Space Place: Exoplanets
What is an Exoplanet?
Originating Source NASA
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Exoplanets: A Visual Guide to the Worlds Outside Our Solar System by Wendy Bjazevich and David Miles

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Kepler Mission: Table-top Models

Kepler Mission: Table-top Models

Explore a series of table-top models, some ready-made and others you can build, demonstrating the principle of how Kepler will find extrasolar planets by the transit method.