Where is the Kepler space craft located?

Is Kepler in a stationary position somewhere? How far from the sun? Does
it orbit the sun?

On 4/20/12 8:31 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
Is Kepler in a stationary position somewhere? How far from the sun? Does
it orbit the sun?

An earth orbit trailing the earth.
http://spaceweather.com/images2012/2...im.tim-den.gif

On 4/20/2012 6:35 PM, Sam Wormley wrote:
On 4/20/12 8:31 PM, W. eWatson wrote:
Is Kepler in a stationary position somewhere? How far from the sun? Does
it orbit the sun?

An earth orbit trailing the earth.
http://spaceweather.com/images2012/2...im.tim-den.gif

Thanks. I had read about 6 hours before I was to give a sky show that
the Russian Luna 1 spacecraft was the only artificial satellite in space
that was in orbit around the sun. It was launched in 1959. About 15
minutes before leaving to set up for the show, I thought about Kepler. I
didn't have much time on Google to figure out where it was, so punted to
this NG. The book I had read that statement in was written 2-3 years
ago. Luna 1 is some place between earth and mars.

In sci.astro.amateur message , Sat, 21 Apr
2012 05:01:55, W. eWatson posted:

Thanks. I had read about 6 hours before I was to give a sky show that
the Russian Luna 1 spacecraft was the only artificial satellite in
space that was in orbit around the sun.

Then you should read better sources.

Herschel, Planck, SOHO, Venus Climate Orbiter, Juno, Mars Science
Laboratory, Ulysses, Kepler spring to mind.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ts_in_heliocen
tric_orbit.

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