The energy attributed to an object by virtue of its motion is ...

[mpobi80]

The energy attributed to an object by virtue of its motion is known as ________.
 
  A) radiative energy B) kinetic energy C) potential energy D) mass-energy

Question 2

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.

[Fayaz00962]

Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

May include: mention of finally being able to have good statistics on planet frequencies across a wide range of sizes and to orbital distances of 1 AU or larger. Discovery that Earth, super-Earth, and small-Neptune size planets are much more common than gas giants.

[mpobi80]

Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

[Fayaz00962]

Great! Please up vote