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The PLATO mission

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2011

Heike Rauer  and
Claude Catala
Heike Rauer
Affiliation:
Institut für Planetenforschung, DLR, Rutherfordstr. 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany email: heike.rauer@dlr.de Zentrum für Astronomie und Astrophysik, TU Berlin 10623 Berlin, Germany
Claude Catala
Affiliation:
LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France email: claude.catala@obspm.fr
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Abstract

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The PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) mission is in its definition study phase in the context of ESA's Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program. PLATO is applying for a launch in 2017/18. Its goal is to detect transiting exoplanets, including terrestrial planets in the habitable zone, and to determine their basic parameters with unprecedented accuracy. In combination with the detailed analysis of the stellar parameters by astroseismology and with ground-based follow-up observations, this will allow characterizing the main properties of exoplanetary systems to a level not achieved before.

Keywords

instrumentation: photometerstechniques: photometricstars: evolutionstars: fundamental parametersplanetary systems

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