The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
Author(s)
Ricker, George R
Vanderspek, Roland K
Seager, Sara
Levine, Alan M
Villasenor, Jesus N S.
Winn, Joshua Nathan
Berta-Thompson, Zach
Date Issued
August 2016
Journal
Proceedings Volume 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Publisher
SPIE
Citation
Ricker, G. R., et al. "The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite." Proceedings Volume 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 26 June - July 6, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, edited by Howard A. MacEwen et al., SPIE, 2016, p. 99042B. © 2016 SPIE
Version
Final published version
Abstract
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will discover thousands of exoplanets in orbit around the brightest stars in the sky. This first-ever spaceborne all-sky transit survey will identify planets ranging from Earth-sized to gas giants. TESS stars will be far brighter than those surveyed by previous missions; thus, TESS planets will be easier to characterize in follow-up observations. For the first time it will be possible to study the masses, sizes, densities, orbits, and atmospheres of a large cohort of small planets, including a sample of rocky worlds in the habitable zones of their host stars.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232071
