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Kepler Follow-up Program

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The Kepler-Follow-up Program, known also as the Kepler Follow-up Observation Program and KFOP, is a program instituted to conduct follow-up observations on Kepler Objects of Interest (KOI), or signals noticed by the Kepler spacecraft that may indicate the presence of a planet transiting its host star. Because using the transit method to find planets tends to also bring about a large number of false positives, KFOP is intended to rule out false positives amongst the KOIs and held confirm more of Kepler's targets.

References

  • Gautier, T.; Batalha, N. (2010). "The Kepler Follow-up Observation Program". arXiv:1001.0352. {{cite arXiv}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1=, |doi=, |publisher=, |volume=, and |issue= (help)