Why Was the Kepler Space Telescope Focused on a Single

question 17

Multiple Choice

Why was the Kepler space telescope focused on a single patch of sky for many years?

• A) It was studying planets around a particular star in that patch of sky.
• B) It was trying to detect planets that repeatedly pass in front of their star.
• C) It was trying to detect which stars in that patch of sky move due to an unseen planet.
• D) One of its steering mechanism was broken, preventing it from pointing in other directions.

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