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CHEOPS - Small Sub-Jovian Characterisation Mission from ESA
CHEOPS Will Study Super-Earths
http://spaceref.com/extrasolar-planets/cheops-will-study-super-earths.html
Mission website: http://cheops.unibe.ch/
http://spaceref.com/extrasolar-planets/cheops-will-study-super-earths.html
Studying planets around other stars will be the focus of the new Small-class Science Programme mission, Cheops, ESA announced today. Its launch is expected in 2017. Cheops - for CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite - will target nearby, bright stars already known to have planets orbiting around them.
In turn, this will allow an accurate measurement of the radius of the planet. For those planets with a known mass, the density will be revealed, providing an indication of the internal structure. These key parameters will help scientists to understand the formation of planets from a few times the mass of the Earth - 'super-Earths' - up to Neptune-sized worlds.
Mission website: http://cheops.unibe.ch/
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Not to be confused with ZIMPOL/CHEOPS...
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How does this project influence possible development of telescopes like Echo or TESS?
Will it prove useful in possible search for planets in Alpha Centauri?
Will it prove useful in possible search for planets in Alpha Centauri?
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It is an ESA mission, so TESS will not be affected. But, in my opinion, the approval of CHEOPS is bad news for Echo.ExA wrote:How does this project influence possible development of telescopes like Echo or TESS?
Will it prove useful in possible search for planets in Alpha Centauri?
I suppose this telescope can detect transits of earth sized planets in Alpha Centauri. The new planet has about ten percent probability to transit.
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CHEOPS executive summary states that is designed to support Echo
http://cheops.unibe.ch/index.php/executive-summary
Provide unique targets for future ground- (e.g. E-ELT) and space-based (e.g. JWST, EChO) facilities with spectroscopic capabilities.
But I am afraid that two dedicated exoplanet missions might be a bit optimistic, especially as E-ELT will be developed right after Cheops will finish its work.
http://cheops.unibe.ch/index.php/executive-summary
Provide unique targets for future ground- (e.g. E-ELT) and space-based (e.g. JWST, EChO) facilities with spectroscopic capabilities.
But I am afraid that two dedicated exoplanet missions might be a bit optimistic, especially as E-ELT will be developed right after Cheops will finish its work.
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A first paper from the CHEOPS team :
http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.2270
CHEOPS will fill the gap in transit follow-up capability for bright stars in the sky. It will target approx.
500 targets of interest in its 3.5 year mission. CHEOPS will:
-Determine the mass-radius relation in a planetary mass range for which only a handful of data exist
and to a precision never before achieved.
- Identify planets with significant atmospheres as a function of their mass, distance to the star, and
stellar parameters.
-Place constraints on possible planet migration paths followed during formation and evolution for
planets where the clear presence of a massive gaseous envelope cannot be discerned.
-Detect the phase variations of a handful of known Hot Jupiter in order to study the physical mechanisms
and eciency of the energy transport from the dayside to the night side of the planet.
- Provide unique targets for future ground- (e.g. E-ELT) and space-based (e.g. JWST, EChO) facilities
with spectroscopic capabilities. With well-determined radii and masses, the CHEOPS planets
will constitute the best target sample within the solar neighbourhood for such future studies.
- Offer up to 20% of open time to the community to be allocated through competitive scientific review.
CHEOPS will have the capability to provide precise photometric measurements (light curves) of a
large number of variable light sources in the universe.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.2270
CHEOPS will fill the gap in transit follow-up capability for bright stars in the sky. It will target approx.
500 targets of interest in its 3.5 year mission. CHEOPS will:
-Determine the mass-radius relation in a planetary mass range for which only a handful of data exist
and to a precision never before achieved.
- Identify planets with significant atmospheres as a function of their mass, distance to the star, and
stellar parameters.
-Place constraints on possible planet migration paths followed during formation and evolution for
planets where the clear presence of a massive gaseous envelope cannot be discerned.
-Detect the phase variations of a handful of known Hot Jupiter in order to study the physical mechanisms
and eciency of the energy transport from the dayside to the night side of the planet.
- Provide unique targets for future ground- (e.g. E-ELT) and space-based (e.g. JWST, EChO) facilities
with spectroscopic capabilities. With well-determined radii and masses, the CHEOPS planets
will constitute the best target sample within the solar neighbourhood for such future studies.
- Offer up to 20% of open time to the community to be allocated through competitive scientific review.
CHEOPS will have the capability to provide precise photometric measurements (light curves) of a
large number of variable light sources in the universe.
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Up to which distance in light years will this 30 cm space telescope be able to detect Super-Earths (maximum 10 Earth masses)?
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See this thread.
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http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=47786
CHEOPS performance for exomoons: The detectability of exomoons by using optimal decision algorithm
CHEOPS performance for exomoons: The detectability of exomoons by using optimal decision algorithm
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http://sci.esa.int/cheops/58971-exoplanet-mission-gets-ticket-to-ride/
A Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace from Europe's spaceport in Kourou will boost ESA's upcoming exoplanet satellite into space
While the exact launch date remains to be confirmed, CHEOPS is expected to be ready by the end of 2018 for shipping to Kourou, with all testing completed
A Soyuz rocket operated by Arianespace from Europe's spaceport in Kourou will boost ESA's upcoming exoplanet satellite into space
While the exact launch date remains to be confirmed, CHEOPS is expected to be ready by the end of 2018 for shipping to Kourou, with all testing completed
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http://sci.esa.int/cheops/59825-9-the-cheops-scientific-instrument-is-complete/
The scientific instrument at the heart of the CHEOPS mission has been fully assembled, marking an important milestone in the development of this small, fast-track exoplanet-characterising mission
The scientific instrument at the heart of the CHEOPS mission has been fully assembled, marking an important milestone in the development of this small, fast-track exoplanet-characterising mission
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http://spaceref.com/extrasolar-planets/cheops-space-telescope-leaves-the-university-of-bern.html
- Construction of the space telescope CHEOPS is finished
- CHEOPS is to be ready to launch in early 2019
- A Soyuz rocket will launch it together with a larger Italian radar satellite into a 700-kilometer orbit
- Construction of the space telescope CHEOPS is finished
- CHEOPS is to be ready to launch in early 2019
- A Soyuz rocket will launch it together with a larger Italian radar satellite into a 700-kilometer orbit
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