COROT mission: accurate stellar photometry

Physics – Optics

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Space Missions, Corot, Exoplanets, Asteroseismology, Stellar Photometry

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The COROT mission is dedicated to stellar seismology and search for telluric extra-solar planets. The development is led by CNES in association with French laboratories (LESIA, LAM and IAS) and several European partners (Germany, Belgium, Austria, Spain, ESA and Brasilia). The COROT seismology program will measure periodic variations with amplitude of 2.10 -6 of the photon flux emitted by bright stars. The COROT exoplanet program will detect the presence of exoplanets using the radiometric occultation method. The need is to detect photons flux variations about 7×10-4 for one hour integration time. Such performance will permit to detect occultations on a very large number of stars: magnitude between 12 and 15.5. The satellite Preliminary Design Review has been held on January 2004 while the instrument is already in development phase with a Critical Design Review in April 2004 and a delivery of the flight model in March 2005. The launch is scheduled in June 2006. This paper recalls the mission, describes the payload and its main noise performances.

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