KEPLER

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• KEPLER (noun)
  The noun KEPLER has 1 sense:

1. German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)

  Familiarity information: KEPLER used as a noun is very rare.

• KEPLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

German astronomer who first stated laws of planetary motion (1571-1630)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Johan Kepler; Johannes Kepler; Kepler

Instance hypernyms:

astronomer; stargazer; uranologist (a physicist who studies astronomy)

 Context examples 

The other two are Kepler-45b and HATS-6b which have masses 0.505 MJ and 0.32 MJ respectively.

(Astronomers report dwarf star with unexpectedly giant planet, Wikinews)

Using NASA’s Hubble and Kepler space telescopes, astronomers have uncovered tantalizing evidence of what could be the first discovery of a moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system.

(Astronomers Find First Evidence of Possible Moon Outside Our Solar System, NASA)

However, it appears that Kepler-51 d, which is farther from the star, will continue to be a low-density oddball planet, though it will both shrink and lose some small amount of atmosphere.

('Cotton Candy' Planet Mysteries Unravel in New Hubble Observations, NASA)

Kepler-13Ab's strong surface gravity — six times greater than Jupiter's — pulls the titanium oxide snow out of the upper atmosphere and traps it in the lower atmosphere.

(Hubble Observes Exoplanet that Snows Sunscreen, NASA)

NASA's Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets — the single largest finding of planets to date.

(Kepler Mission Announces Largest Collection of Planets Ever Discovered, NASA)

The planet, discovered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope in 2015, also has a mass eight times greater than Earth's.

(Hubble Finds Water Vapor on Habitable-Zone Exoplanet for 1st Time, NASA)

The brilliant flash of an exploding star's shockwave, what astronomers call the "shock breakout" has been captured for the first time in visible light by the Kepler space telescope.

(Kepler Catches Early Flash of an Exploding Star, NASA)

An international team of astronomers has discovered and confirmed a treasure trove of new worlds using NASA's Kepler spacecraft on its K2 mission.

(Kepler Confirms 100+ Exoplanets During Its K2 Mission, NASA)

Earlier evidence that planets form in binary star systems came from NASA's Kepler and Spitzer space telescopes, but the planets and dust structures in those studies were not similar to those of Earth.

(Newfound Frozen World Orbits in Binary Star System, NASA)

Using data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, citizen scientists have discovered a planet roughly twice the size of Earth located within its star's habitable zone, the range of orbital distances where liquid water may exist on the planet's surface.

(Citizen Scientists Find New World with NASA Telescope, NASA)