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.
Kepler Object of Interest
A Kepler Object of Interest is a star observed by the Kepler spacecraft which is suspected of hosting one or more transiting planets. KOIs come from a master list of 150,000 stars which itself is generated from the Kepler Input Catalog . A KOI shows a periodic dimming, indicative of an unseen...
(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.