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"Kepler" is actually an observatory, rather than a telescope. It does, however, operate in space. "Hubble" is a telescope, in the true sense of the word and, again, it operates in space.
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No. Johannes Kepler lived long before we had space travel. The Kepler telescope orbits the sun and was not designed to go to other planets.
There is a bit of confusion here. Kepler is not the name of a planet but of a space telescope used to discover planets in other solar systems. Planets discovered with this telescope are given designations such as Kepler-22b. This telescope has been used to discovered hundreds of planets.
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"Kepler" is actually an observatory, rather than a telescope. It does, however, operate in space. "Hubble" is a telescope, in the true sense of the word and, again, it operates in space.
Neither Johannes Kepler nor the Kepler Space Telescope discovered Pluto. Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930, long after Johannes Kepler died and long before the Kepler telescope was created. The Kepler telescope was built to discover planets in other solar systems, not our own.
-Hubble space Telescope -International Space Station -Kepler Space Telescope
They are named such because they were discovered using the Kepler space telescope, which was named in Kepler's honor for his contributions to planetary science.
No. Johannes Kepler lived long before we had space travel. The Kepler telescope orbits the sun and was not designed to go to other planets.
There is a bit of confusion here. Kepler is not the name of a planet but of a space telescope used to discover planets in other solar systems. Planets discovered with this telescope are given designations such as Kepler-22b. This telescope has been used to discovered hundreds of planets.
Yes, efforts to find other planets both in and out of the solar system are ongoing. Almost two thousand have been identified outside the solar system (exoplanets), including the first strong candidates for possible planets in another galaxy. The Kepler mission space telescope continues to gather data to identify exoplanets.
Many of the planets discovered in the past few years have designations such as Kepler-22b because they were discovered using the Kepler space telescope.
There is no single planet named Kepler. Planets discovered by the Kepler space telescope are given designations such as Kepler-22b or Kepler-69c. Very little is known about these planets, but most, if not all, would not be habitable for humans.