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, Morgan, Edward H, Vanderspek, Roland K, Levine, Alan M, Kephart, Miranda E, Francis, James E, Zapetis, Joseph F, Cahoy, Kerri, Ricker, George R
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124139