Kepler will spend the next three-and-a-half years searching more than 100,000 pre-selected stars for signs of planets.

Using the method of Least Squares and the method of Selected Stars, the users Position and Velocity was got through the data acquiring from the simulator.

A selection committee chose four flags from a vast number of entries, and voting in an earlier referendum selected a black, white, blue and red fern and stars design by Kyle Lockwood.