The transiting exoplanet survey satellite

George R. Ricker; Joshua N. Winn; Roland Vanderspek; David W. Latham; Gáspár Bakos; Jacob L. Bean; Zachory K. Berta-Thompson; Timothy M. Brown; Lars Buchhave; Nathaniel Butler; R. Paul Butler; William J. Chaplin; David Charbonneau; Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard; Mark Clampin; Drake Deming; John Doty; Nathan De Lee; Courtney Dressing; E. W. Dunham; Michael Endl; Francois Fressin; Jian Ge; Thomas Henning; Matthew J. Holman; Andrew W. Howard; Shigeru Ida; Jon Jenkins; Garrett Jernigan; John A. Johnson; Lisa Kaltenegger; Nobuyuki Kawai; Hans Kjeldsen; Gregory Laughlin; Alan M. Levine; Douglas Lin; Jack J. Lissauer; Phillip Macqueen; Geoffrey Marcy; P. R. McCullough; Timothy D. Morton; Norio Narita; Martin Paegert; Enric Palle; Francesco Pepe; Joshua Pepper; Andreas Quirrenbach; S. A. Rinehart; Dimitar Sasselov; Bun'Ei Sato; Sara Seager; Alessandro Sozzetti; Keivan G. Stassun; Peter Sullivan; Andrew Szentgyorgyi; Guillermo Torres; Stephane Udry; Joel Villasenor

doi:10.1117/12.2063489

The transiting exoplanet survey satellite

George R. Ricker, Joshua N. Winn, Roland Vanderspek, David W. Latham, Gáspár Bakos, Jacob L. Bean, Zachory K. Berta-Thompson, Timothy M. Brown, Lars Buchhave, Nathaniel Butler, R. Paul Butler, William J. Chaplin, David Charbonneau, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Mark Clampin, Drake Deming, John Doty, Nathan De Lee, Courtney Dressing, E. W. DunhamMichael Endl, Francois Fressin, Jian Ge, Thomas Henning, Matthew J. Holman, Andrew W. Howard, Shigeru Ida, Jon Jenkins, Garrett Jernigan, John A. Johnson, Lisa Kaltenegger, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hans Kjeldsen, Gregory Laughlin, Alan M. Levine, Douglas Lin, Jack J. Lissauer, Phillip Macqueen, Geoffrey Marcy, P. R. McCullough, Timothy D. Morton, Norio Narita, Martin Paegert, Enric Palle, Francesco Pepe, Joshua Pepper, Andreas Quirrenbach, S. A. Rinehart, Dimitar Sasselov, Bun'Ei Sato, Sara Seager, Alessandro Sozzetti, Keivan G. Stassun, Peter Sullivan, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Guillermo Torres, Stephane Udry, Joel Villasenor

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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 mission. The spacecraft will be placed into a highly elliptical 13.7-day orbit around the Earth. During its two-year mission, TESS will employ four wide-field optical CCD cameras to monitor at least 200,000 main-sequence dwarf stars with I_C (approximately less than) 13 for temporary drops in brightness caused by planetary transits. Each star will be observed for an interval ranging from one month to one year, depending mainly on the star's ecliptic latitude. The longest observing intervals will be for stars near the ecliptic poles, which are the optimal locations for follow-up observations with the James Webb Space Telescope. Brightness measurements of preselected target stars will be recorded every 2 min, and full frame images will be recorded every 30 min. TESS stars will be 10-100 times brighter than those surveyed by the pioneering Kepler mission. This will make TESS planets easier to characterize with follow-up observations. TESS is expected to find more than a thousand planets smaller than Neptune, including dozens that are comparable in size to the Earth. Public data releases will occur every four months, inviting immediate community-wide efforts to study the new planets. The TESS legacy will be a catalog of the nearest and brightest stars hosting transiting planets, which will endure as highly favorable targets for detailed investigations.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014
Subtitle of host publication	Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Editors	Jacobus M. Oschmann, Mark Clampin, Howard A. MacEwen, Giovanni G. Fazio
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819496119
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2063489
State	Published - 2014
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jun 22 2014 → Jun 27 2014

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9143
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Other

Other	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	6/22/14 → 6/27/14

Keywords

Exoplanet
Extrasolar planet
Photometry
Satellite
Transits

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Ricker, G. R., Winn, J. N., Vanderspek, R., Latham, D. W., Bakos, G., Bean, J. L., Berta-Thompson, Z. K., Brown, T. M., Buchhave, L., Butler, N., Butler, R. P., Chaplin, W. J., Charbonneau, D., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Clampin, M., Deming, D., Doty, J., De Lee, N., Dressing, C., ... Villasenor, J. (2014). The transiting exoplanet survey satellite. In J. M. Oschmann, M. Clampin, H. A. MacEwen, & G. G. Fazio (Eds.), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave Article 914320 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9143). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2063489

The transiting exoplanet survey satellite. / Ricker, George R.; Winn, Joshua N.; Vanderspek, Roland et al.
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave. ed. / Jacobus M. Oschmann; Mark Clampin; Howard A. MacEwen; Giovanni G. Fazio. SPIE, 2014. 914320 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9143).

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Ricker, GR, Winn, JN, Vanderspek, R, Latham, DW, Bakos, G, Bean, JL, Berta-Thompson, ZK, Brown, TM, Buchhave, L, Butler, N, Butler, RP, Chaplin, WJ, Charbonneau, D, Christensen-Dalsgaard, J, Clampin, M, Deming, D, Doty, J, De Lee, N, Dressing, C, Dunham, EW, Endl, M, Fressin, F, Ge, J, Henning, T, Holman, MJ, Howard, AW, Ida, S, Jenkins, J, Jernigan, G, Johnson, JA, Kaltenegger, L, Kawai, N, Kjeldsen, H, Laughlin, G, Levine, AM, Lin, D, Lissauer, JJ, Macqueen, P, Marcy, G, McCullough, PR, Morton, TD, Narita, N, Paegert, M, Palle, E, Pepe, F, Pepper, J, Quirrenbach, A, Rinehart, SA, Sasselov, D, Sato, BE, Seager, S, Sozzetti, A, Stassun, KG, Sullivan, P, Szentgyorgyi, A, Torres, G, Udry, S & Villasenor, J 2014, The transiting exoplanet survey satellite. in JM Oschmann, M Clampin, HA MacEwen & GG Fazio (eds), Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave., 914320, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9143, SPIE, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, Montreal, Canada, 6/22/14. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2063489

Ricker GR, Winn JN, Vanderspek R, Latham DW, Bakos G, Bean JL et al. The transiting exoplanet survey satellite. In Oschmann JM, Clampin M, MacEwen HA, Fazio GG, editors, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave. SPIE. 2014. 914320. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering). doi: 10.1117/12.2063489

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