ESA's CHEOPS Satellite: The Pharaoh of Exoplanet Hunting
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2015 - Just like the Pharaoh Cheops, who ruled the ancient Old Kingdom of Egypt, ESA's CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) could be someday ruling in the field of exoplanet hunting. It will be the first mission dedicated to search for transits by means of ultrahigh precision photometry on bright stars already known to host planets. "CHEOPS looks at stars that are already known to host planets a ... more
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