Fine-pointing performance and corresponding photometric precision of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

Fine-pointing performance and corresponding photometric precision of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is an MIT-led, NASA-funded Explorer-class planet finder launched in April 2018. TESS will carry out a 2-year all-sky survey with the primary goal of detecting small transiting exoplanets around bright and nearby stars. The TESS instrument consists of...

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Main Authors: Nguyen, Tam T (Author), Morgan, Edward H (Author), Vanderspek, Roland K (Author), Levine, Alan M (Author), Kephart, Miranda E (Author), Francis, James E (Author), Zapetis, Joseph F (Author), Cahoy, Kerri (Author), Ricker, George R (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), 2020-03-12T20:18:43Z.
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