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Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) — Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems

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Key
ricker2015tess
Authors
Ricker, George R.; Winn, Joshua N.; Vanderspek, Roland; Latham, David W.; Bakos, Gáspár Á.; et al.
Issued
2015
Type
article-journal
Container
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
Volume
1
Issue
1
Pages
014003
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  "title": "Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)",
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Claims

  1. TESS monitors at least 200,000 relatively bright main-sequence stars for transits, using four wide-field cameras, so that the planets it finds orbit nearby, bright stars that are easier to study in follow-up observations, including with the James Webb Space Telescope.
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