The Plato viewpoint: multiple, partially overlapping, eyes to catch glimpses of worlds outside our solar system.
- Paper number
IAC-16,A7,3,7,x35860
- Coauthor
Prof.Dr. Roberto Ragazzoni, INAF - Osservatorio astronomico di Padova, Italy
- Year
2016
- Abstract
PLATO, a Medium size mission selected by ESA, is composed by a few dozens of very wide field cameras arranged in a partially overlapping configuration in order to cover an unprecedent area in the sky. Continuous monitoring will allow to detect brightness glimpses that will be used to determine the mass of a large number of stars through asteroseismology and to assess on a few percent of them the detection of alien worlds, assuring measurements of their raddi, mass, and hence density altoghether with a few hints on their atmosphere, if any, tracing for a massive number of stars in our neighborhoods the first map of alien worlds where to further look for a detailed characterization.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
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