15 feet
4.572 mLength · definition
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Length & distance
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15 feet
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4.572 mLength
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Kepler space telescope
The Kepler space telescope was a NASA observatory launched to detect planets around other stars by monitoring changes in their brightness.
4.7 mOverall observatory height
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A little perspective
The overall observatory height of the Kepler space telescope is about 1.03 times 15 feet.
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15 feet
Length: 4.572 m; definition.
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Kepler space telescope
Overall observatory height: 4.7 m; specified; range 4.5 m–4.8 m.
NASA’s Kepler observatory was about 4.7 m high and had a launch mass of 1,052 kg. The height includes the deployed sunshade but not an imagined launch vehicle.
NASA — Kepler mission in depth
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Compare 15 feet with the overall observatory height of the Kepler space telescope. The notes below explain how each value was chosen.
Kepler space telescope
4.7 mOverall observatory height · specified · range 4.5 m–4.8 m
NASA’s Kepler observatory was about 4.7 m high and had a launch mass of 1,052 kg. The height includes the deployed sunshade but not an imagined launch vehicle.
- Comparing
- Length ↔ Overall observatory height
- Relative size
- The overall observatory height of the Kepler space telescope is about 1.03 times 15 feet. The overall observatory height of the Kepler space telescope is approximately 2.8% greater than 15 feet.
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- We use 4.7 m for the overall observatory height of the Kepler space telescope; the recorded range is 4.5 m–4.8 m.
- The recorded ranges overlap, so the ordering can vary even though the central values differ.
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4.572 mmetres
0.0028409 mimiles
3.0562 × 10⁻¹¹ AUastronomical units
4.8326 × 10⁻¹⁶ lylight-years
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