Kepler's Impact: In four years of operation, the Kepler satellite discovered nearly three times as many extrasolar planet candidates as had been discovered in the previous 15 years (since the first discovery of an extrasolar planet). Discuss how these observations changed our understanding of the population of planets and of planet formation.

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The Answer of Kepler's Impact: In four years of operation, the Kepler satellite discovered nearly three times as many extrasolar planet candidates as had been discovered in the previous 15 years (since the first discovery of an extrasolar planet). Discuss how these observations changed our understanding of the population of planets and of planet formation.

Kepler's Impact: in Four Years of Operation, the Kepler Satellite