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The Kepler Mission, Scheduled for Launch in 2009, Will Search

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The Kepler mission, scheduled for launch in 2009, will search for Earth-like planets by looking for the dip in the brightness of a star as a (potential) planet transits across it. Why will this technique actually miss the vast majority of planets around the stars it observes?


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