dc.contributor.author | Sebastian, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Pedersen, PP | |
dc.contributor.author | Murray, CA | |
dc.contributor.author | Ducrot, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Garcia, LJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Burdanov, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Pozuelos, FJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Delrez, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Wells, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Dransfield, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Gillon, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Demory, BO | |
dc.contributor.author | Queloz, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Triaud, AHMJ | |
dc.contributor.author | De Witt, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Jehin, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y | |
dc.contributor.author | Günther, MN | |
dc.contributor.author | Niraula, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Rackham, BV | |
dc.contributor.author | Schanche, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Sohy, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Thompson, S | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-02-14T18:45:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-02-14T18:45:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-01-01 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/148058 | |
dc.description.abstract | © COPYRIGHT SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only. SPECULOOS (Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars) aims to perform a transit search on the nearest (< 40 pc) ultracool (< 3000K) dwarf stars. The project's main motivation is to discover potentially habitable planets well-suited for detailed atmospheric characterisation with upcoming giant telescopes, like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and European Large Telescope (ELT). The project is based on a network of 1m robotic telescopes, namely the four ones of the SPECULOOS-Southern Observatory (SSO) in Cerro Paranal, Chile, one telescope of the SPECULOOS-Northern Observatory (SNO) in Tenerife, and the SAINTEx telescope in San Pedro Martir, Mexico. The prototype survey of the SPECULOOS project on the 60 cm TRAPPIST telescope (Chile) discovered the TRAPPIST-1 system, composed of seven temperate Earth-sized planets orbiting a nearby (12 pc) Jupiter-sized star. In this paper, we review the current status of SPECULOOS, its first results, the plans for its development, and its connection to the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and JWST. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | SPIE | en_US |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1117/12.2563563 | en_US |
dc.rights | Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. | en_US |
dc.source | SPIE | en_US |
dc.title | Development of the SPECULOOS exoplanet search project | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Sebastian, D, Pedersen, PP, Murray, CA, Ducrot, E, Garcia, LJ et al. 2020. "Development of the SPECULOOS exoplanet search project." Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 11445. | |
dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | en_US |
dc.relation.journal | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering | en_US |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | en_US |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | en_US |
eprint.status | http://purl.org/eprint/status/NonPeerReviewed | en_US |
dc.date.updated | 2023-02-14T18:34:52Z | |
dspace.orderedauthors | Sebastian, D; Pedersen, PP; Murray, CA; Ducrot, E; Garcia, LJ; Burdanov, A; Pozuelos, FJ; Delrez, L; Wells, R; Dransfield, G; Gillon, M; Demory, BO; Queloz, D; Triaud, AHMJ; De Witt, J; Jehin, E; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y; Günther, MN; Niraula, P; Rackham, BV; Schanche, N; Sohy, S; Thompson, S | en_US |
dspace.date.submission | 2023-02-14T18:34:55Z | |
mit.journal.volume | 11445 | en_US |
mit.license | PUBLISHER_POLICY | |
mit.metadata.status | Authority Work and Publication Information Needed | en_US |