High Precision Stellar Variability Data From A Mission To Detect Earth-Sized Planets

Session 17 -- Stellar Spectroscopy and Photometry: Surveys and General results
Display presentation, Wednesday, January 12, 9:30-6:45, Salons I/II Room (Crystal Gateway)

[17.01] High Precision Stellar Variability Data From A Mission To Detect Earth-Sized Planets

W. Borucki, D. Koch, E. Dunham (NASA/Ames), H. Reitsema (Ball Aerospace)

A mission to detect Earth-sized planets around solar-like stars is being studied at NASA Ames, thus the mission name FRESIP (FRequency of Earth-Sized Inner Planets). The mission is being designed to continuously and simultaneously perform photometric observations of about 7500 stars with a precision of one part in 30,000 (that which is necessary to detect an Earth-sized transit). A substantial contribution to astrophysical studies of stellar variability is expected. In particular, those studies that require high precision photometry over a long period of continuous time coverage should benefit. Other possibilities are also being sought for consideration based mainly on their compatibility with the mission design or minor modifications to it.

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