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PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is a medium-class mission belonging to the European Space Agency (ESA) Cosmic Vision programme. The mission payload is composed of 26 telescopes and cameras which will observe…
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics
2018-08-30
M. Rotundo , A. Leoni , L. Serafini , C. Del Vecchio Blanco , D. Davalle , D. Vangelista , M. Focardi , R. Cosentino , S. Pezzuto , G. Giusi , D. Biondi , L. Fanucci
The PLATO satellite mission project is a next generation ESA Cosmic Vision satellite project dedicated to the detection of exo-planets and to asteroseismology of their host-stars using ultra-high precision photometry. The main goal of the…
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics
2010-04-07
W. Zima , T. Arentoft , J. De Ridder , S. Salmon , C. Catala , H. Kjeldsen , C. Aerts
PLATO 2.0 has recently been selected for ESA's M3 launch opportunity (2022/24). Providing accurate key planet parameters (radius, mass, density and age) in statistical numbers, it addresses fundamental questions such as: How do planetary…
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics
2015-06-17
H. Rauer , C. Catala , C. Aerts , T. Appourchaux , W. Benz , A. Brandeker , J. Christensen-Dalsgaard , M. Deleuil , L. Gizon , M. -J. Goupil , M. Güdel , E. Janot-Pacheco , M. Mas-Hesse , I. Pagano , G. Piotto , D. Pollacco , N. C. Santos , A. Smith , J. -C. , Suárez , R. Szabó , S. Udry , V. Adibekyan , Y. Alibert , J. -M. Almenara , P. Amaro-Seoane , M. Ammler-von Eiff , M. Asplund , E. Antonello , W. Ball , S. Barnes , F. Baudin , K. Belkacem , M. Bergemann , G. Bihain , A. C. Birch , X. Bonfils , I. Boisse , A. S. Bonomo , F. Borsa , I. M. Brandão , E. Brocato , S. Brun , M. Burleigh , R. Burston , J. Cabrera , S. Cassisi , W. Chaplin , S. Charpinet , C. Chiappini , R. P. Church , Sz. Csizmadia , M. Cunha , M. Damasso , M. B. Davies , H. J. Deeg , R. F. DÍaz , S. Dreizler , C. Dreyer , P. Eggenberger , D. Ehrenreich , P. Eigmüller , A. Erikson , R. Farmer , S. Feltzing , F. de Oliveira Fialho , P. Figueira , T. Forveille , M. Fridlund , R. A. García , P. Giommi , G. Giuffrida , M. Godolt , J. Gomes da Silva , T. Granzer , J. L. Grenfell , A. Grotsch-Noels , E. Günther , C. A. Haswell , A. P. Hatzes , G. Hébrard , S. Hekker , R. Helled , K. Heng , J. M. Jenkins , A. Johansen , M. L. Khodachenko , K. G. Kislyakova , W. Kley , U. Kolb , N. Krivova , F. Kupka , H. Lammer , A. F. Lanza , Y. Lebreton , D. Magrin , P. Marcos-Arenal , P. M. Marrese , J. P. Marques , J. Martins , S. Mathis , S. Mathur , S. Messina , A. Miglio , J. Montalban , M. Montalto , M. J. P. F. G. Monteiro , H. Moradi , E. Moravveji , C. Mordasini , T. Morel , A. Mortier , V. Nascimbeni , R. P. Nelson , M. B. Nielsen , L. Noack , A. J. Norton , A. Ofir , M. Oshagh , R. -M. Ouazzani , P. Pápics , V. C. Parro , P. Petit , B. Plez , E. Poretti , A. Quirrenbach , R. Ragazzoni , G. Raimondo , M. Rainer , D. R. Reese , R. Redmer , S. Reffert , B. Rojas-Ayala , I. W. Roxburgh , S. Salmon , A. Santerne , J. Schneider , J. Schou , S. Schuh , H. Schunker , A. Silva-Valio , R. Silvotti , I. Skillen , I. Snellen , F. Sohl , S. G. Sousa , A. Sozzetti , D. Stello , K. G. Strassmeier , M. Švanda , Gy. M. Szabó , A. Tkachenko , D. Valencia , V. van Grootel , S. D. Vauclair , P. Ventura , F. W. Wagner , N. A. Walton , J. Weingrill , S. C. Werner , P. J. Wheatley , K. Zwintz
PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is the ESA M3 space mission dedicated to detect and characterise transiting exoplanets including information from the asteroseismic properties of their stellar hosts. The uninterrupted…
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics
2026-04-09
N. Jannsen , J. De Ridder , D. Seynaeve , S. Regibo , R. Huygen , P. Royer , C. Paproth , D. Grießbach , R. Samadi , D. R. Reese , M. Pertenais , E. Grolleau , R. Heller , S. M. Niemi , J. Cabrera , A. Börner , S. Aigrain , J. McCormac , P. Verhoeve , P. Astier , N. Kutrowski , B. Vandenbussche , A. Tkachenko , C. Aerts
ESA's PLATO mission aims the detection and characterization of terrestrial planets around solar-type stars as well as the study of host star properties. The noise-to-signal ratio (NSR) is the main performance parameter of the PLATO…
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics
2024-06-18
Anko Börner , Carsten Paproth , Juan Cabrera , Martin Pertenais , Heike Rauer , J. Miguel Mas-Hesse , Isabella Pagano , Jose Lorenzo Alvarez , Anders Erikson , Denis Grießbach , Yves Levillain , Demetrio Magrin , Valery Mogulsky , Sami-Matias Niemi , Thibaut Prod'homme , Sara Regibo , Joris De Ridder , Steve Rockstein , Reza Samadi , Dimitri Serrano-Velarde , Alan Smith , Peter Verhoeve , Dave Walton
A few weeks after launch, the PLATO spacecraft is expected to start its payload commissioning, which will be completed within the first three months of the mission. This phase includes the in-orbit verification, calibration, and…
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics
2026-04-06
René Heller , Chen Jiang , Paz Bluhm , Valentina Granata , Juan Cabrera , Denis Grießbach , Carsten Paproth , Szilárd Csizmadia , Philipp Eigmüller , Paola Maria Marrese , Silvia Marinoni , Réza Samadi , Giampaolo Piotto , Marco Montalto , Martin Schäfer , Cilia Damiani , Nicholas Walton , Christoph Rauterberg , Matthias Ammler-von Eiff , Aaron C. Birch , Laurent Gizon
The PLanetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) mission will begin its four-year nominal mission in early 2027 by monitoring its Long-duration Observation Phase field at South (LOPS2) for at least two years continuously. The…
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics
2026-05-07
V. Nascimbeni , G. Piotto , V. Granata , S. Marinoni , P. M. Marrese , M. Montalto , J. Cabrera , C. Aerts , G. Altavilla , K. Belkacem , S. Benatti , M. Bergemann , A. Börner , G. Covone , M. Deleuil , S. Desidera , L. Gizon , M. J. Goupil , M. Günther , A. M. Heras , L. Malavolta , J. M. Mas-Hesse , D. Nardiello , H. P. Osborn , I. Pagano , C. Paproth , D. Pollacco , L. Prisinzano , R. Ragazzoni , G. Ramsay , H. Rauer , S. Udry , T. Zingales
PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is an ESA M-class satellite planned for launch by end 2026 and dedicated to the wide-field search of transiting planets around bright and nearby stars, with a strong focus on discovering…
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics
2022-02-02
V. Nascimbeni , G. Piotto , A. Börner , M. Montalto , P. M. Marrese , J. Cabrera , S. Marinoni , C. Aerts , G. Altavilla , S. Benatti , R. Claudi , M. Deleuil , S. Desidera , M. Fabrizio , L. Gizon , M. J. Goupil , V. Granata , A. M. Heras , D. Magrin , L. Malavolta , J. M. Mas-Hesse , S. Ortolani , I. Pagano , D. Pollacco , L. Prisinzano , R. Ragazzoni , G. Ramsay , H. Rauer , S. Udry
In-flight photometry extraction of PLATO targets: Optimal apertures for detecting extrasolar planets
The ESA PLATO space mission is devoted to unveiling and characterizing new extrasolar planets and their host stars. This mission will encompass a very large field of view, granting it the potential to survey up to one million stars…
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics
2019-07-03
V. Marchiori , R. Samadi , F. Fialho , C. Paproth , A. Santerne , M. Pertenais , A. Börner , J. Cabrera , A. Monsky , N. Kutrowski
The PLATO mission is scheduled for launch early 2027. In this paper we present an overview of the performance drivers for the mission at the time where all flight models of the cameras have been tested and integrated on the optical bench.…
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics
2026-04-07
Juan Cabrera , Heike Rauer , Reza Samadi , Valerio Nascimbeni , Anko Boerner , Denis Grießbach , Carsten Paproth , Martin Pertenaıs , Sami-M. Niemi , Szilard Csizmadia , Asier Abreu , Conny Aerts , Suzanne Aigrain , Matthias Ammler-von Eiff , Beatriz Aparicio del Moral , Thierry Appourchaux , David J. Armstrong , Ann Baeke , Gabor G. Balazs , Kevin Belkacem , Aaron Birch , Paz Bluhm , Tobias Boenke , Fabrice Boquet , Sam Bowling , David J. A. Brown , Claude Catala , William J. Chaplin , Margarida S. Cunha , Cilia Daminani , Guy R. Davies , Jeanne Davoult , Francesca De Angeli , Joris De Ridder , Magali Deleuil , Jean-Michel Desert , Jose Javier Diaz Garcia , Anna M. Di Giorgio , Lauren Doyle , Billy Edwards , Philipp Eigmueller , Johannes Eising , Anders Erikson , Yoshi Emilia Nike Eschen , Lorenza Ferrari , Dominic C. Ford , Hugo Garcia Vazquez , Laurent Gizon , Juan Manuel Gomez Lopez , Nicolas Gorius , Marie-jo Goupil , Valentina Granata , John Lee Grenfell , Emmanuel Grolleau , Sascha Grziwa , Tristan Guillot , Diana L. Harrison , Rene Heller , Ana M. Heras , Simon T. Hodgkin , Rik Huygen , Nicholas Jannsen , David Kappel , Peter Klagyivik , Alexander Koncz , Diana Kossakowska , Alvaro Labiano , Kristine Lam , Antonino Francesco Lanza , Monika Lendl , Yves Levillain , Francisco A. Lobon Villanueva , Demetrio Magrin , Luca Malavolta , Silvia Marinoni , Paola Marrese , Cesar Martin Garcia , Miguel Mas Hesse , Pierre Maxted , James McCormac , Andrea Miglio , Marco Montalto , Thierry Morel , Alvaro Morena , Andres Moya , Matteo Munari , Martin B. Nielsen , Rhita-Maria Ouazzani , Isabella Pagano , Carmen Pastor Morales , Gisbert Peter , Jordan Philidet , Giampaolo Piotto , Philippe Plasson , Don Pollacco , Elena Puga , Roberto Ragazzoni , Gonzalo Ramos Zapata , Sara Regibo , Guy T. Rixon , Nicolas Robles Muñoz , Julio Rodriguez Gomez , Pierre Royer , Miguel Andres Sanchez Carrasco , Rosario Sanz Mesa , Gabriel Schwarzkopf , Dries Seynaeve , Alan Smith , Alexis M. S. Smith , Leigh C. Smith , Sophia Sulis , Geert Jan J. Talens , Ruth Titz-Weider , Stephane Udry , Bart Vandenbussche , Ivan Valtchanov , Peter Verhoeve , Dave Walton , Nicholas A. Walton , Thomas G. Wilson , Ulrike Witteck , David Wolter , Claas Ziemke , Konstanze Zwintz
In its long-duration observation phase, the PLATO satellite will observe two non-overlapping fields for a total of 4 yr. The exact duration of each pointing will be determined 2 yr before launch. Previous estimates of PLATO's yield of…
The ESA PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) mission is designed to detect terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of solar-type stars. Owing to telemetry constraints, the selection of PLATO targets must be performed in…
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics
2026-04-07
M. Montalto , G. Piotto , P. M. Marrese , L. Prisinzano , S. Marinoni , V. Granata , J. Cabrera , V. Nascimbeni , S. Desidera , V. Adibekyan , S. Ortolani , E. Alei , C. Aerts , G. Altavilla , K. Belkacem , S. Benatti , A. Börner , M. Deleuil , M. Fabrizio , L. Gizon , M. J. Goupil , M. Günther , A. M. Heras , D. Magrin , L. Malavolta , J. M. Mas-Hesse , I. Pagano , C. Paproth , D. Pollacco , R. Ragazzoni , G. Ramsay , H. Rauer , S. Udry
The PLATO mission is scheduled for launch in December 2026. It is an ESA M-class mission designed to find small planets around bright stars via the transit technique. The light curves it obtains will be wonderful for other science goals,…
The PLATO space mission is designed to detect telluric planets in the habitable zone of solar type stars, and simultaneously characterise the host star using ultra high precision photometry. The photometry will be performed on board using…
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics
2015-10-21
R-M. Ouazzani , J. J. Green , R. Samadi
The PLATO mission is scheduled for launch in 2026. This study aims to estimate the number of exoplanets that PLATO can detect as a function of planetary size and period, stellar brightness, and observing strategy options. Deviations from…
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics
2023-07-25
F. Matuszewski , N. Nettelmann , J. Cabrera , A. Börner , H. Rauer
PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) is an ESA M-class mission to be launched by the end of 2026 to discover and characterize transiting planets around bright and nearby stars, and in particular habitable rocky planets…
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics
2025-02-26
V. Nascimbeni , G. Piotto , J. Cabrera , M. Montalto , S. Marinoni , P. M. Marrese , C. Aerts , G. Altavilla , S. Benatti , A. Börner , M. Deleuil , S. Desidera , L. Gizon , M. J. Goupil , V. Granata , A. M. Heras , D. Magrin , L. Malavolta , J. M. Mas-Hesse , H. P. Osborn , I. Pagano , C. Paproth , D. Pollacco , L. Prisinzano , R. Ragazzoni , G. Ramsay , H. Rauer , A. Tkachenko , S. Udry
Detections of transiting planets from the upcoming PLATO mission are expected to face significant contamination from contaminating eclipsing binaries, resulting in false positives. To counter this, a ground-based programme to acquire…
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is focusing on relatively bright stars and has found thousands of planet candidates. However, mainly because of the low spatial resolution of its cameras ($\approx$ 21 arcsec/pixel), TESS is…
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics
2022-09-14
Giacomo Mantovan , Marco Montalto , Giampaolo Piotto , Thomas G. Wilson , Andrew Collier Cameron , Fatemeh Zahra Majidi , Luca Borsato , Valentina Granata , Valerio Nascimbeni
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and the upcoming PLATO mission (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) represent two space-based missions with complementary objectives in the field of exoplanet science. While TESS…
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics
2024-01-19
Christian Magliano , Giovanni Covone , Valerio Nascimbeni , Laura Inno , Jose I. Vines , Veselin Kostov , Stefano Fiscale , Valentina Granata , Marco Montalto , Isabella Pagano , Giampaolo Piotto , Vito Saggese