System design of a mission to detect Earth-sized planets in the inner orbits of solar-like stars

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Apr 1996

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Journal of Geophysical Research, Volume 101, Issue E4, p. 9297-9302

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy: Instruments And Techniques, And Astronomy: Stellar Astronomy, Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Origin And Evolution, Planetology: Solid Surface Planets: Orbital And Rotational Dynamics

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A point design for a mission to detect Earth-sized planets in the inner orbits of solar-like stars is described. The observing technique is based upon continuously and simultaneously monitoring 5000 solar-like stars for brightness changes that would be caused by planets transiting their star. Detection of periodic transits of the same amplitude and duration provides for a robust method of discovery. The instrument would consist of a 1-m Schmidt telescope with an array of charge-coupled devices (CCDs) filling the 12° field of view. The instrument would be placed in a halo orbit about the L2 Lagrange point, where its viewing would not be obscured at any time by the Sun, Earth, or Moon.

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