High precision space photometer: COROT

Author(s)
Werner Wolfgang Weiss, Annie Baglin
Abstract

The COROT (Convection, Rotation and Planetary Transits) concept can be used to efficiently search for extrasolar planets by observing the faible steller luminosity decrease during the transit of a planet in front of the parent star. The COROT concept was derived from the EVRIS experiment for the MARS mission and can be used simultaneously on asteroseismology and the detection of extrasolar planets.

Organisation(s)
Department of Astrophysics
External organisation(s)
Université de recherche Paris Sciences et Lettres
Journal
Proceedings of SPIE
Volume
4013
Pages
450-452
No. of pages
3
ISSN
0277-786X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.394027
Publication date
2000
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
103003 Astronomy
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/5cc859dd-f21f-4e99-875a-6539522f872e