The orbit of the Kepler telescope is most like the orbit of a
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Unlike the Hubble Space Telescope, which orbits Earth, Kepler has been placed in what's called an "Earth trailing" orbit around the sun
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Kepler orbits the Sun, which avoids Earth occultations, stray light, and gravitational perturbations and torques inherent in an Earth orbit. NASA has characterized Kepler's orbit as "Earth-trailing". With an orbital period of 372.5 days, Kepler is slowly falling farther behind Earth (about 16 million miles per annum).
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