Related papers: The CHEOPS mission

CHEOPS Precision Phase Curve of the Super-Earth 55 Cnc e

55 Cnc e is a transiting super-Earth (radius $1.88\rm\,R_\oplus$ and mass $8\rm\, M_\oplus$) orbiting a G8V host star on a 17-hour orbit. Spitzer observations of the planet's phase curve at 4.5 $\mu$m revealed a time-varying occultation…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-04 B. M. Morris , L. Delrez , A. Brandeker , A. C. Cameron , A. E. Simon , D. Futyan , G. Olofsson , S. Hoyer , A. Fortier , B. -O. Demory , M. Lendl , T. G. Wilson , M. Oshagh , K. Heng , D. Ehrenreich , S. Sulis , Y. Alibert , R. Alonso , G. Anglada Escudé , D. Barrado , S. C. C. Barros , W. Baumjohann , M. Beck , T. Beck , A. Bekkelien , W. Benz , M. Bergomi , N. Billot , X. Bonfils , V. Bourrier , C. Broeg , T. Bárczy , J. Cabrera , S. Charnoz , M. B. Davies , D. De Miguel Ferreras , M. Deleuil , A. Deline , O. D. S. Demangeon , A. Erikson , H. G. Floren , L. Fossati , M. Fridlund , D. Gandolfi , A. García Muñoz , M. Gillon , M. Guedel , P. Guterman , K. Isaak , L. Kiss , J. Laskar , A. Lecavelier des Etangs , M. Lieder , C. Lovis , D. Magrin , P. F. L. Maxted , V. Nascimbeni , R. Ottensamer , I. Pagano , E. Pallé , G. Peter , G. Piotto , A. Pizarro Rubio , D. Pollacco , F. J. Pozuelos , D. Queloz , R. Ragazzoni , N. Rando , H. Rauer , I. Ribas , N. C. Santos , G. Scandariato , A. M. S. Smith , S. G. Sousa , M. Steller , Gy. M. Szabó , D. Ségransan , N. Thomas , S. Udry , B. Ulmer , V. Van Grootel , N. A. Walton

Exploiting timing capabilities of the CHEOPS mission with warm-Jupiter planets

We present 17 transit light curves of seven known warm-Jupiters observed with the CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS). The light curves have been collected as part of the CHEOPS Guaranteed Time Observation (GTO) program that…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-23 Borsato L , Piotto G , Gandolfi D , Nascimbeni V , Lacedelli G , Marzari F , Billot N , Maxted P , Sousa S G , Cameron A C , Bonfanti A , Wilson T , Serrano L , Garai Z , Alibert Y , Alonso R , Asquier J , Bárczy T , Bandy T , Barrado D , Barros S C , Baumjohann W , Beck M , Beck T , Benz W , Bonfils X , Brandeker A , Broeg C , Cabrera J , Charnoz S , Csizmadia S , Davies M , Deleuil M , Delrez L , Demangeon O D , Demory B , Lecavelier des Etangs A , Ehrenreich D , Erikson A , Escudé G , Fortier A , Fossati L , Fridlund M , Gillon M , Guedel M , Hasiba J , Heng K , Hoyer S , Isaak K G , Kiss L L , Kopp E , Laskar J , Lendl M , Lovis C , Magrin D , Munari M , Ottensamer R , Peter G , Ragazzoni R , Rando N , Simon A E , Steller M , Olofsson G , Pagano I , Palle E , Pollacco D , Queloz D , Rauer H , Ribas I , Segransan D , Santos N M , Scandariato G , Smith A , Szabo G M , Thomas N , Udry S , Van Grootel , Walton N A

Exoplanet Characterization by Multi-Observatory Transit Photometry with TESS and CHEOPS

Space-based photometric surveys have discovered large numbers of planets transiting other stars, but these observe in a single band-pass and yield only the planet radius, orbital period, and transit duration. Information on the masses,…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-03 E. Gaidos , D. Kitzmann , K. Heng

Simulation of Stray Light Contamination on CHEOPS Detector

The aim of this work is to quantify the amount of Earth stray light that reaches the CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanets Satellite) detector. It will carry out follow-up measurements on transiting planets. This requires exquisite data that…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-30 Thibault Kuntzer

Constraining Small Planet Compositions for Future Missions

Accurate mass and radius measurements of small transiting exoplanets are essential for probing their compositions, formation histories, and potential habitability. We present a uniform analysis of six planetary systems (each hosting at…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-17 Larissa Palethorpe , Annelies Mortier , Jo Ann Egger , Ken Rice , Thomas G. Wilson , Andrew Vanderburg , Aldo S. Bonomo , Walter Boschin , Andrew Collier Cameron , Yoshi Nike Emilia Eschen , Avet Harutyunyan , Luca Malavolta , Aldo F. Martínez Fiorenzano , Alessandro Sozzetti , Manu Stalport , Vincent Van Eylen , Christopher Allan Watson

Expected Planet and False Positive Detection Rates for the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

The proposed Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will survey the entire sky to locate the nearest and brightest transiting extrasolar planets with orbital periods up to about 36 days. Here we estimate the number and kind of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-09 Timothy M. Brown , David W. Latham

Updating the Ephemeris and Physical Properties of Five Long-period Transiting Exoplanets Using TESS and CHEOPS

The transiting long-period exoplanets are the most interesting follow-up targets for the next-generation instruments, using the most sophisticated observational techniques. However, the scarcity in their transit events often leads to larger…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-03 Suman Saha

Planet Detection Simulations for Several Possible TESS Extended Missions

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will perform a two-year survey of nearly the entire sky, with the main goal of detecting exoplanets smaller than Neptune around bright and nearby stars. There do not appear to be any…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-26 L. G. Bouma , Joshua N. Winn , Jacobi Kosiarek , P. R. McCullough

Precise characterisation of HD 15337 with CHEOPS: a laboratory for planet formation and evolution

We aim to constrain the internal structure and composition of HD 15337 b and c, two short-period planets situated on opposite sides of the radius valley, using new transit photometry and radial velocity data. We acquire 6 new transit visits…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-26 N. M. Rosário , O. D. S. Demangeon , S. C. C. Barros , D. Gandolfi , J. A. Egger , L. M. Serrano , H. P. Osborn , M. Beck , W. Benz , H. -G. Florén , P. Guterman , T. G. Wilson , Y. Alibert , L. Fossati , M. J. Hooton , L. Delrez , N. C. Santos , S. G. Sousa , A. Bonfanti , S. Salmon , V. Adibekyan , A. Nigioni , J. Venturini , R. Alonso , G. Anglada , J. Asquier , T. Bárczy , D. Barrado Navascues , O. Barragán , W. Baumjohann , T. Beck , N. Billot , F. Biondi , X. Bonfils , L. Borsato , A. Brandeker , C. Broeg , V. Cessa , S. Charnoz , A. Collier Cameron , Sz. Csizmadia , P. E. Cubillos , M. B. Davies , M. Deleuil , A. Deline , B. -O. Demory , D. Ehrenreich , A. Erikson , M. Esposito , A. Fortier , M. Fridlund , M. Gillon , M. Güdel , M. N. Günther , Ch. Helling , S. Hoyer , K. G. Isaak , L. L. Kiss , K. W. F. Lam , J. Laskar , A. Lecavelier des Etangs , M. Lendl , A. Luntzer , D. Magrin , P. F. L. Maxted , C. Mordasini , V. Nascimbeni , G. Olofsson , H. L. M. Osborne , R. Ottensamer , I. Pagano , E. Pallé , G. Peter , G. Piotto , D. Pollacco , D. Queloz , R. Ragazzoni , N. Rando , H. Rauer , I. Ribas , G. Scandariato , D. Ségransan , A. E. Simon , A. M. S. Smith , M. Stalport , Gy. M. Szabó , N. Thomas , S. Udry , V. Van Eylen , V. Van Grootel , E. Villaver , I. Walter , N. A. Walton

SPICES: Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems

SPICES (Spectro-Polarimetric Imaging and Characterization of Exoplanetary Systems) is a five-year M-class mission proposed to ESA Cosmic Vision. Its purpose is to image and characterize long-period extrasolar planets and circumstellar disks…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-05 Anthony Boccaletti , Jean Schneider , Wes Traub , Pierre-Olivier Lagage , Daphne Stam , Raffaele Gratton , John Trauger , Kerri Cahoy , Frans Snik , Pierre Baudoz , Raphael Galicher , Jean-Michel Reess , Dimitri Mawet , Jean-Charles Augereau , Jennifer Patience , Marc Kuchner , Mark Wyatt , Eric Pantin , Anne-Lise Maire , Christophe Verinaud , Samuel Ronayette , Didier Dubreuil , Michiel Min , Michiel Rodenhuis , Dino Mesa , Ruslan Belikov , Olivier Guyon , Motohide Tamura , Naoshi Murakami , Ingrid Mary Beerer , the SPICES team

A CHEOPS Search for Massive, Long-Period Companions to the Warm Jupiter K2-139 b

K2-139 b is a warm Jupiter with an orbital period of 28.4 d, but only three transits of this system have previously been observed, in the long-cadence mode of K2, limiting the precision with which the orbital period can be determined, and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-29 Alexis M. S. Smith , Szilard Csizmadia

An optical test bench for the precision characterization of absolute quantum efficiency for the TESS CCD detectors

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will search for planets transiting bright stars with Ic<13. TESS has been selected by NASA for launch in 2018 as an Astrophysics Explorer mission, and is expected to discover a thousand or…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-22 Akshata Krishnamurthy , Joel Villasenor , Steve Kissel , George Ricker , Roland Vanderspek

The NASA High-Resolution Speckle Interferometric Imaging Program: Validation and Characterization of Exoplanets and Their Stellar Hosts

Starting in 2008, NASA has provided the exoplanet community an observational program aimed at obtaining the highest resolution imaging available as part of its mission to validate and characterize exoplanets, as well as their stellar…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-22 Steve B. Howell , Nicholas J. Scott , Rachel A. Matson , Mark E. Everett , Elise Furlan , Crystal L. Gnilka , David R. Ciardi , Kathryn V. Lester

CHEOPS observations of TESS primary mission monotransits

We set out to look at the overlap between CHEOPS sky coverage and TESS primary mission monotransits to determine what fraction of TESS monotransits may be observed by CHEOPS. We carry out a simulation of TESS transits based on the stellar…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-25 Benjamin F. Cooke , Don Pollacco , Monika Lendl , Thibault Kuntzer , Andrea Fortier

The EBLM project -- VIII. First results for M-dwarf mass, radius and effective temperature measurements using CHEOPS light curves

The accuracy of theoretical mass, radius and effective temperature values for M-dwarf stars is an active topic of debate. Differences between observed and theoretical values have raised the possibility that current theoretical stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-09 M. I. Swayne , P. F. L. Maxted , A. H. M. J. Triaud , S. G. Sousa , C. Broeg , H. -G. Florén , P. Guterman , A. E. Simon , I. Boisse , A. Bonfanti , D. Martin , A. Santerne , S. Salmon , M. R. Standing , V. Van Grootel , T. G. Wilson , Y. Alibert , R. Alonso , G. Anglada Escudé , J. Asquier , T. Bárczy , D. Barrado , S. C. C. Barros , M. Battley , W. Baumjohann , M. Beck , T. Beck , A. Bekkelien , W. Benz , N. Billot , X. Bonfils , A. Brandeker , M. -D. Busch , J. Cabrera , S. Charnoz , A. Collier Cameron , Sz. Csizmadia , M. B. Davies , M. Deleuil , A. Deline , L. Delrez , O. D. S. Demangeon , B. -O. Demory , G. Dransfield , D. Ehrenreich , A. Erikson , A. Fortier , L. Fossati , M. Fridlund , D. Futyan , D. Gandolfi , M. Gillon , M. Guedel , G. Hébrard , N. Heidari , C. Hellier , K. Heng , M. Hobson , S. Hoyer , K. G. Isaak , L. Kiss , V. Kunovac Hodžić , S. Lalitha , J. Laskar , A. Lecavelier des Etangs , M. Lendl , C. Lovis , D. Magrin , L. Marafatto , J. McCormac , N. Miller , V. Nascimbeni , G. Olofsson , R. Ottensamer , I. Pagano , E. Pallé , G. Peter , G. Piotto , D. Pollacco , D. Queloz , R. Ragazzoni , N. Rando , H. Rauer , I. Ribas , N. C. Santos , G. Scandariato , D. Ségransan , A. M. S. Smith , M. Steinberger , M. Steller , Gy. M. Szabó , N. Thomas , S. Udry , I. Walter , N. A. Walton , E. Willett

Transit detection of the long-period volatile-rich super-Earth $\nu^2$ Lupi d with $CHEOPS$

Exoplanets transiting bright nearby stars are key objects for advancing our knowledge of planetary formation and evolution. The wealth of photons from the host star gives detailed access to the atmospheric, interior, and orbital properties…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-07 Laetitia Delrez , David Ehrenreich , Yann Alibert , Andrea Bonfanti , Luca Borsato , Luca Fossati , Matthew J. Hooton , Sergio Hoyer , Francisco J. Pozuelos , Sébastien Salmon , Sophia Sulis , Thomas G. Wilson , Vardan Adibekyan , Vincent Bourrier , Alexis Brandeker , Sébastien Charnoz , Adrien Deline , Pascal Guterman , Jonas Haldemann , Nathan Hara , Mahmoudreza Oshagh , Sergio G. Sousa , Valérie Van Grootel , Roi Alonso , Guillem Anglada Escudé , Tamás Bárczy , David Barrado , Susana C. C. Barros , Wolfgang Baumjohann , Mathias Beck , Anja Bekkelien , Willy Benz , Nicolas Billot , Xavier Bonfils , Christopher Broeg , Juan Cabrera , Andrew Collier Cameron , Melvyn B. Davies , Magali Deleuil , Jean-Baptiste Delisle , Olivier D. S. Demangeon , Brice-Olivier Demory , Anders Erikson , Andrea Fortier , Malcolm Fridlund , David Futyan , Davide Gandolfi , Antonio Garcia Muñoz , Michaël Gillon , Manuel Guedel , Kevin Heng , László Kiss , Jacques Laskar , Alain Lecavelier des Etangs , Monika Lendl , Christophe Lovis , Pierre F. L. Maxted , Valerio Nascimbeni , Göran Olofsson , Hugh P. Osborn , Isabella Pagano , Enric Pallé , Giampaolo Piotto , Don Pollacco , Didier Queloz , Heike Rauer , Roberto Ragazzoni , Ignasi Ribas , Nuno C. Santos , Gaetano Scandariato , Damien Ségransan , Attila E. Simon , Alexis M. S. Smith , Manfred Steller , Gyula M. Szabó , Nicolas Thomas , Stéphane Udry , Nicholas A. Walton

A full transit of $\nu^2$ Lupi d and the search for an exomoon in its Hill sphere with CHEOPS

The planetary system around the naked-eye star $\nu^2$ Lupi (HD 136352; TOI-2011) is composed of three exoplanets with masses of 4.7, 11.2, and 8.6 Earth masses. The TESS and CHEOPS missions revealed that all three planets are transiting…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-22 D. Ehrenreich , L. Delrez , B. Akinsanmi , T. G. Wilson , A. Bonfanti , M. Beck , W. Benz , S. Hoyer , D. Queloz , Y. Alibert , S. Charnoz , A. Collier Cameron , A. Deline , M. Hooton , M. Lendl , G. Olofsson , S. G. Sousa , V. Adibekyan , R. Alonso , G. Anglada , D. Barrado , S. C. C. Barros , W. Baumjohann , T. Beck , A. Bekkelien , M. Bergomi , N. Billot , X. Bonfils , A. Brandeker , C. Broeg , T. Bárczy , Z. K. Berta-Thompson , J. Cabrera , C. Corral Van Damme , S. Csizmadia , M. B. Davies , M. Deleuil , O. Demangeon , B. -O. Demory , J. P. Doty , A. Erikson , M. M. Fausnaugh , H. G. Florén , A. Fortier , L. Fossati , M. Fridlund , D. Futyan , D. Gandolfi , M. Gillon , P. Guterman , M. Güdel , K. Heng , K. G. Isaak , A. Jäckel , J. M. Jenkins , L. L. Kiss , J. Laskar , D. W. Latham , A. Lecavelier des Etangs , A. M. Levine , C. Lovis , D. Magrin , P. F. L. Maxted , E. H. Morgan , V. Nascimbeni , H. P. Osborn , R. Ottensamer , I. Pagano , E. Pallé , G. Peter , G. Piotto , D. Pollacco , R. Ragazzoni , N. Rando , H. Rauer , I. Ribas , G. R. Ricker , S. Salmon , N. C. Santos , G. Scandariato , A. E. Simon , A. M. S. Smith , M. Steinberger , M. Steller , G. M. Szabó , D. Ségransan , A. Shporer , N. Thomas , M. Tschentscher , S. Udry , R. Vanderspek , V. Van Grootel , N. A. Walton

The Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)

We describe the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS), which is a ground-based project searching for transiting exoplanets orbiting bright stars. NGTS builds on the legacy of previous surveys, most notably WASP, and is designed to achieve…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-14 Peter J. Wheatley , Richard G. West , Michael R. Goad , James S. Jenkins , Don L. Pollacco , Didier Queloz , Heike Rauer , Stephane Udry , Christopher A. Watson , Bruno Chazelas , Philipp Eigmuller , Gregory Lambert , Ludovic Genolet , James McCormac , Simon Walker , David J. Armstrong , Daniel Bayliss , Joao Bento , Francois Bouchy , Matthew R. Burleigh , Juan Cabrera , Sarah L. Casewell , Alexander Chaushev , Paul Chote , Szilard Csizmadia , Anders Erikson , Francesca Faedi , Emma Foxell , Boris T. Gansicke , Edward Gillen , Andrew Grange , Maximilian N. Gunther , Simon T. Hodgkin , James Jackman , Andres Jordan , Tom Louden , Lionel Metrailler , Maximiliano Moyano , Louise D. Nielsen , Hugh P. Osborn , Katja Poppenhaeger , Roberto Raddi , Liam Raynard , Alexis M. S. Smith , Maritza Soto , Ruth Titz-Weider

The EChO science case

The discovery of almost 2000 exoplanets has revealed an unexpectedly diverse planet population. Observations to date have shown that our Solar System is certainly not representative of the general population of planets in our Milky Way. The…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-09 Giovanna Tinetti , Pierre Drossart , Paul Eccleston , Paul Hartogh , Kate Isaak , Martin Linder , Christophe Lovis , Giusi Micela , Marc Ollivier , Ludovic Puig , Ignasi Ribas , Ignas Snellen , Bruce Swinyard. France Allard , Joanna Barstow , James Cho , Athena Coustenis , Charles Cockell , Alexandre Correia , Leen Decin , Remco de Kok , Pieter Deroo , Therese Encrenaz , Francois Forget , Alistair Glasse , Caitlin Griffith , Tristan Guillot , Tommi Koskinen , Helmut Lammer , Jeremy Leconte , Pierre Maxted , Ingo Mueller-Wodarg , Richard Nelson , Chris North , Enric Pallé , Isabella Pagano , Guseppe Piccioni , David Pinfield , Franck Selsis , Alessandro Sozzetti , Lars Stixrude , Jonathan Tennyson , Diego Turrini , Mariarosa Zapatero-Osorio. Jean-Philippe Beaulieu , Denis Grodent , Manuel Guedel , David Luz , Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen , Tom Ray , Hans Rickman , Avri Selig , Mark Swain. 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Tanga , M. Tecsa , J. Temple , L. Terenzi , M. Tessenyi , L. Testi , S. Thompson , H. Thrastarson , B. W. Tingley , M. Trifoglio , J. Martín Torres , A. Tozzi , D. Turrini , R. Varley , F. Vakili , M. de Val-Borro , M. L. Valdivieso , O. Venot , E. Villaver , S. Vinatier , S. Viti , I. Waldmann , D. Waltham , D. Ward-Thompson , R. Waters , C. Watkins , D. Watson , P. Wawer , A. Wawrzaszk , G. White , T. Widemann , W. Winek , T. Wiśniowski , R. Yelle , Y. Yung , S. N. Yurchenko

The NASA EPOXI mission of opportunity to gather ultraprecise photometry of known transiting exoplanets

The NASA Discovery mission EPOXI, utilizing the Deep Impact flyby spacecraft, comprises two phases: EPOCh (Extrasolar Planet Observation and Characterization) and DIXI (Deep Impact eXtended Investigation). With EPOCh, we use the 30-cm high…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Jessie L. Christiansen , David Charbonneau , Michael F. A'Hearn , Drake Deming , Matthew J. Holman , Sarah Ballard , David T. F. Weldrake , Richard K. Barry , Marc J. Kuchner , Timothy A. Livengood , Jeffrey Pedelty , Alfred Schultz , Tilak Hewagama , Jessica M. Sunshine , Dennis D. Wellnitz , Don L. Hampton , Carey M. Lisse , Sara Seager , Joseph F. Veverka