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A resonant sextuplet of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright star HD 110067
Planets with radii between that of the Earth and Neptune (hereafter referred to as ‘sub-Neptunes’) are found in close-in orbits around more than half of all Sun-like stars1,2. However, their composition, formatio...
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Open AccessThe CHEOPS mission
The CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) was selected on October 19, 2012, as the first small mission (S-mission) in the ESA Science Programme and successfully launched on December 18, 2019, as a second...
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Space-based infrared interferometry to study exoplanetary atmospheres
The quest for other habitable worlds and the search for life among them are major goals of modern astronomy. One way to make progress towards these goals is to obtain high-quality spectra of a large number of ...
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The PLATO 2.0 mission
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 questio...
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Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission Resolving the nature of transit candidates for the LRa03 and SRa03 fields
CoRoT is a space telescope which aims at studying internal structure of stars and detecting extrasolar planets. We present here a list of transits detected in the light curves of stars ob...
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Erratum to: “Exoplanet discoveries with the CoRoT space observatory”
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Exoplanet discoveries with the CoRoT space observatory
The CoRoT space observatory is a project which is led by the French space agency CNES and leading space research institutes in Austria, Brazil, Belgium, Germany and Spain and also the European Space Agency ESA...
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Exoplanet status report: Observation, characterization and evolution of exoplanets and their host stars
After the discovery of more than 400 planets beyond our Solar System, the characterization of exoplanets as well as their host stars can be considered as one of the fastest growing fields in space science duri...
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A transiting giant planet with a temperature between 250 K and 430 K
About 70 of the more than 400 known extrasolar planets transit their central star, making it possible to observe their atmospheres and determine various key parameters. The transiting extra-solar planets so fa...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
GENIE: a Ground-Based European Nulling Instrument at ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer
Darwin is one of the most challenging space projects ever considered by the European Space Agency (ESA). Its principal objectives are to detect Earth-like planets around nearby stars, to analyze the compositio...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Earth-like Exoplanets. Darwin: Stellar Targets and Precursor Science
Advances in instrumentation have made it possible to study sunspots with unprecedented detail. New capabilities include imaging observations at a resolution of 0._1 (70 km on the sun), spectroscopy at ∼0._2, and ...
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GENIE – The Darwin demonstrator
Darwin is a cornerstone mission of the Horizons 2000+ program of the European Space Agency. It has the express purpose of carrying out the first direct search for terrestrial exoplanets, and to achieve unpreceden...
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Procuring Products and Power: Develo** International Competitiveness in Swedish Electrotechnology and Electric Power
Competitiveness comes in mysterious ways. Today, the Swedish state, through its power utility, Vattenfall, is a competitor on the European power market and the private Swedish-Swiss firm, ASEA Brown Boveri (AB...
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Switching Relations and Trajectories: The Development Procurement of the Axe Swedish Switching Technology
The case study treats the Swedish Public Technology Procurement of the AXE telephone switch, 1954-1980. This electronic computerised switching system was developed by the semi-public company, Ellemtel, for the...