Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
- G. Ricker, J. Winn, J. Villasenor
- Physics, GeologyAstronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation
- 1 May 2009
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.…
TRANSITS OF EARTH-LIKE PLANETS
- L. Kaltenegger, W. Traub
- Geology, Physics
- 19 March 2009
Transmission spectroscopy of Earth-like exoplanets is a potential tool for habitability screening. Transiting planets are present-day “Rosetta Stones” for understanding extrasolar planets because…
M stars as targets for terrestrial exoplanet searches and biosignature detection.
- J. Scalo, L. Kaltenegger, H. Lammer
- Physics, GeologyAstrobiology
- 11 April 2007
It is concluded that attempts at remote sensing of biosignatures and nonbiological markers from M star planets are important, not as tests of any quantitative theories or rational arguments, but instead because they offer an inspection of the residues from a Gyr-long biochemistry experiment in the presence of extreme environmental fluctuations.
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
- G. Ricker, J. Winn, J. Villasenor
- Physics, Geology
- 1 June 2014
Abstract. 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…
Spectral Evolution of an Earth-like Planet
- L. Kaltenegger, W. Traub, K. Jucks
- Geology, Physics
- 14 September 2006
We have developed a characterization of the geological evolution of the Earth's atmosphere and surface in order to model the observable spectra of an Earth-like planet through its geological history.…
Kepler-62: A Five-Planet System with Planets of 1.4 and 1.6 Earth Radii in the Habitable Zone
- W. Borucki, E. Agol, J. Winn
- Physics, GeologyScience
- 27 April 2013
The Kepler mission detected a five-planet system where all the planets are smaller than twice the size of Earth and where the two outermost planets orbit in the habitable zone of their star, defined as the region where a rocky planet can host liquid water on its solid surface.
Kepler-22b: A 2.4 EARTH-RADIUS PLANET IN THE HABITABLE ZONE OF A SUN-LIKE STAR
- W. Borucki, D. Koch, W. Rapin
- Physics, GeologyAstrophysical Journal
- 7 December 2011
A search of the time-series photometry from NASA's Kepler spacecraft reveals a transiting planet candidate orbiting the 11th magnitude G5 dwarf KIC 10593626 with a period of 290 days. The…
EXPLORING THE HABITABLE ZONE FOR KEPLER PLANETARY CANDIDATES
- L. Kaltenegger, D. Sasselov
- Physics, Geology
- 4 May 2011
This Letter outlines a simple approach to evaluate habitability of terrestrial planets by assuming different types of planetary atmospheres and using corresponding model calculations. Our approach…
What makes a planet habitable?
- H. Lammer, J. Bredehöft, H. Rauer
- Geology, Physics
- 10 April 2009
This work reviews factors which are important for the evolution of habitable Earth-like planets such as the effects of the host star dependent radiation and particle fluxes on the evolution of…
THE MUSCLES TREASURY SURVEY. I. MOTIVATION AND OVERVIEW
- K. France, R. Loyd, Kolby L. Weisenburger
- Physics, Geology
- 29 February 2016
Ground- and space-based planet searches employing radial velocity techniques and transit photometry have detected thousands of planet-hosting stars in the Milky Way. With so many planets discovered,…
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