The transiting exoplanet survey satellite

G. R. Ricker; R. Vanderspek; J. Winn; S. Seager; Z. Berta-Thompson; A. Levine; J. Villasenor; D. Latham; D. Charbonneau; M. Holman; J. Johnson; D. Sasselov; A. Szentgyorgyi; G. Torres; G. Bakos; T. Brown; J. Christensen-Dalsgaard; H. Kjeldsen; M. Clampin; S. Rinehart; D. Deming; J. Doty; E. Dunham; S. Ida; N. Kawai; B. Sato; J. Jenkins; J. Lissauer; G. Jernigan; L. Kaltenegger; G. Laughlin; D. Lin; P. McCullough; N. Narita; J. Pepper; K. Stassun; S. Udry

doi:10.1117/12.2232071

The transiting exoplanet survey satellite

G. R. Ricker, R. Vanderspek, J. Winn, S. Seager, Z. Berta-Thompson, A. Levine, J. Villasenor, D. Latham, D. Charbonneau, M. Holman, J. Johnson, D. Sasselov, A. Szentgyorgyi, G. Torres, G. Bakos, T. Brown, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, H. Kjeldsen, M. Clampin, S. RinehartD. Deming, J. Doty, E. Dunham, S. Ida, N. Kawai, B. Sato, J. Jenkins, J. Lissauer, G. Jernigan, L. Kaltenegger, G. Laughlin, D. Lin, P. McCullough, N. Narita, J. Pepper, K. Stassun, S. Udry

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The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will search the solar neighborhood for planets transiting bright stars. TESS has been selected by NASA for launch in 2017 as an Astrophysics Explorer mission. The spacecraft will be placed into a highly elliptical 13.7-day orbit around the Earth. During its two-year mission, TESS will employ four wide-field optical CCD cameras to monitor at least 200,000 main-sequence dwarf stars with I_C ≤ 13 for temporary drops in brightness caused by planetary transits. Each star will be observed for an interval ranging from one month to one year, depending on the star's ecliptic latitude. The longest observing intervals will be for stars near the ecliptic poles, which are the optimal locations for follow-up observations with the James Webb Space Telescope. Brightness measurements of preselected target stars will be recorded every 2 min, and full frame images will be recorded every 30 min. TESS stars will be 10-100 times brighter than those surveyed by the pioneering Kepler mission. This will make TESS planets easier to characterize with follow-up observations. TESS is expected to find more than a thousand planets smaller than Neptune, including dozens that are comparable in size to the Earth. Public data releases will occur every four months, inviting immediate community-wide efforts to study the new planets. The TESS legacy will be a catalog of the nearest and brightest stars hosting transiting planets, which will endure as highly favorable targets for detailed investigations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016
Subtitle of host publication	Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Editors	Howard A. MacEwen, Giovanni G. Fazio, Makenzie Lystrup
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510601871
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232071
State	Published - 2016
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 26 2016 → Jul 1 2016

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9904
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Other	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	6/26/16 → 7/1/16

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

Exoplanet
Extrasolar planet
Photometry
Satellite
Transit

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Ricker, G. R., Vanderspek, R., Winn, J., Seager, S., Berta-Thompson, Z., Levine, A., Villasenor, J., Latham, D., Charbonneau, D., Holman, M., Johnson, J., Sasselov, D., Szentgyorgyi, A., Torres, G., Bakos, G., Brown, T., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Kjeldsen, H., Clampin, M., ... Udry, S. (2016). The transiting exoplanet survey satellite. In H. A. MacEwen, G. G. Fazio, & M. Lystrup (Eds.), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave Article 99042B (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9904). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232071

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Ricker, GR, Vanderspek, R, Winn, J, Seager, S, Berta-Thompson, Z, Levine, A, Villasenor, J, Latham, D, Charbonneau, D, Holman, M, Johnson, J, Sasselov, D, Szentgyorgyi, A, Torres, G, Bakos, G, Brown, T, Christensen-Dalsgaard, J, Kjeldsen, H, Clampin, M, Rinehart, S, Deming, D, Doty, J, Dunham, E, Ida, S, Kawai, N, Sato, B, Jenkins, J, Lissauer, J, Jernigan, G, Kaltenegger, L, Laughlin, G, Lin, D, McCullough, P, Narita, N, Pepper, J, Stassun, K & Udry, S 2016, The transiting exoplanet survey satellite. in HA MacEwen, GG Fazio & M Lystrup (eds), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave., 99042B, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9904, SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 6/26/16. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232071

The transiting exoplanet survey satellite. / Ricker, G. R.; Vanderspek, R.; Winn, J. et al.
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave. ed. / Howard A. MacEwen; Giovanni G. Fazio; Makenzie Lystrup. SPIE, 2016. 99042B (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9904).

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