Aug 23, 2010

J D Harrington Headquarters, Washington
202-358-5241 j d harrington@nasa gov

Michael Mewhinney Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif 650-604-3937 michael s mewhinney@nasa gov

MEDIA ADVISORY: M10-120

NASA TO ANNOUNCE LATEST FINDINGS BY KEPLER SPACECRAFT

WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference Thursday, Aug 26, at 1 p m EDT to discuss the Kepler spacecraft's latest discovery about an intriguing planetary system

Kepler, a space observatory, looks for the data signatures of planets by measuring tiny decreases in the brightness of stars when planets cross in front of, or transit, them In June, mission scientists announced the mission has identified more than 700 planet candidates, including five candidate systems that appear to have more than one transiting planet

Participating telecon panelists are: -- Jon Morse, director, Science Mission Directorate Astrophysics Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington -- William Borucki, Kepler Mission science principal investigator, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif -- Matthew Holman, associate director, Theoretical Astrophysics Division, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass -- Alycia Weinberger, astronomer, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington

To participate in the teleconference, reporters should e-mail J D Harrington at j d harrington@nasa gov by 11 a m EDT, Thursday, Aug 26 Journalists must include their name, media affiliation and telephone number Supporting information for the briefing will be posted at: http://www nasa gov/kepler when the telecon begins

Audio of the teleconference will be streamed live at: http://www nasa gov/newsaudio

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