21 research outputs found
Life History and Ecology of Baetisca Bajkovi Neave, in Beech Fork of Twelvepole Creek, Wayne County. West Virginia (Ephemeroptera: Baetiscidae)
Ecological Life History of Baetisca Berneri Tarter and Kirchner From a West Virginia Stream (Ephemeroptera: Baetiscidae)
Ecological Life History, Including Laboratory Investigation, of the Mayfly, Ameletus Tarteri (Ephemeroptera: Siphloneuridae)
Kepler Mission Design, Realized Photometric Performance, and Early Science
The Kepler Mission, launched on Mar 6, 2009 was designed with the explicit
capability to detect Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of solar-like
stars using the transit photometry method. Results from just forty-three days
of data along with ground-based follow-up observations have identified five new
transiting planets with measurements of their masses, radii, and orbital
periods. Many aspects of stellar astrophysics also benefit from the unique,
precise, extended and nearly continuous data set for a large number and variety
of stars. Early results for classical variables and eclipsing stars show great
promise. To fully understand the methodology, processes and eventually the
results from the mission, we present the underlying rationale that ultimately
led to the flight and ground system designs used to achieve the exquisite
photometric performance. As an example of the initial photometric results, we
present variability measurements that can be used to distinguish dwarf stars
from red giants.Comment: 16 pages, 5 figures, 1 table 26 Jan revision replaced Subject
headings with keywords from approved lis
Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler. II. Analysis of the first four months of data
On 2011 February 1 the Kepler mission released data for 156,453 stars observed from the beginning of the science observations on 2009 May 2 through September 16. There are 1235 planetary candidates with transit-like signatures detected in this period. These are associated with 997 host stars. Distributions of the characteristics of the planetary candidates are separated into five class sizes: 68 candidates of approximately Earth-size (Rp < 1.25 R⊕), 288 super-Earth-size (1.25 R⊕ ≤ R p < 2 R⊕), 662 Neptune-size (2 R ⊕ ≤ Rp < 6 R⊕), 165 Jupiter-size (6 R⊕ ≤ Rp < 15 R ⊕), and 19 up to twice the size of Jupiter (15 R ⊕ ≤ Rp < 22 R⊕). In the temperature range appropriate for the habitable zone, 54 candidates are found with sizes ranging from Earth-size to larger than that of Jupiter. Six are less than twice the size of the Earth. Over 74% of the planetary candidates are smaller than Neptune. The observed number versus size distribution of planetary candidates increases to a peak at two to three times the Earth-size and then declines inversely proportional to the area of the candidate. Our current best estimates of the intrinsic frequencies of planetary candidates, after correcting for geometric and sensitivity biases, are 5% for Earth-size candidates, 8% for super-Earth-size candidates, 18% for Neptune-size candidates, 2% for Jupiter-size candidates, and 0.1% for very large candidates; a total of 0.34 candidates per star. Multi-candidate, transiting systems are frequent; 17% of the host stars have multi-candidate systems, and 34% of all the candidates are part of multi-candidate systems
A revised checklist of the stoneflies (Plecoptera) of west virginia (USA)
Volume: 108Start Page: 429End Page: 44
Ecological Life History of Baetisca Carolina Traver in Panther Creek, Nicholas County, West Virginia (Ephemeroptera: Baetiscidae)
Volume: 92Start Page: 355End Page: 36