Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS ) will search for planets transiting bright and nearby 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-...

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Main Authors: Winn, Joshua Nathan (Contributor), Berta-Thompson, Zach (Contributor), Seager, Sara (Contributor), Villasenor, Jesus Noel Samonte (Contributor), Ricker, George R (Author), Vanderspek, Roland K (Author), Levine, Alan M (Author), Sullivan, Peter W. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Ricker, George R. (Contributor), Vanderspek, Roland K. (Contributor), Levine, Alan M. (Contributor), Sullivan, Peter (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: SPIE, 2015-07-29T12:46:14Z.
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