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, Berta-Thompson, Zach, Seager, Sara, Villasenor, Jesus Noel Samonte, Ricker, George R, Vanderspek, Roland K, Levine, Alan M, Sullivan, Peter W.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: SPIE 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97916
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-6948
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2058-6662
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-047X