动员公民科学家保持凌星时间更新以确保凌星系外行星表征任务的高效利用
天体物理仪器与方法
2019-03-20 v1 地球与行星天体物理
摘要
本白皮书倡导建立一个全社区范围的计划，以维护未来平台可能瞄准的系外行星的精确凌星中点时间。鉴于在下一代系外行星表征任务发射前需要仔细监测的目标数量庞大，该网络最初将被设计为一个公民科学项目——聚焦于众多业余天文学家、小型大学和社区学院及高中，它们可使用中等口径望远镜和现成 CCD。
引用
@article{arxiv.1903.07716,
title = {Engaging Citizen Scientists to Keep Transit Times Fresh and Ensure the Efficient Use of Transiting Exoplanet Characterization Missions},
author = {Robert T. Zellem and Anya Biferno and David R. Ciardi and Mary Dussault and Laura Peticolas and Martin Fowler and Kyle A. Pearson and Wilfred Gee and Rachel Zimmerman-Brachman and Denise Smith and Lynn Cominsky and Gael M. Roudier and Brandon Lawton and Robert Baer and Diana Dragomir and Nemanja Jovanovic and Marc Kuchner and Frank Sienkiewicz and Josh Walawender},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.07716},
year = {2019}
}
备注
White Paper submitted to Astro2020 Science Call, 5 pages, 3 figures, community comments and involvement are welcome!