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SUMMARY:Colloquium | Heike Rauer (FU Berlin and DLR)
DTSTART:20261124T133000Z
DTEND:20261124T143000Z
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CATEGORIES:Scientific
CATEGORIES:Scientific Talk
CATEGORIES:Public
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
CONTACT:Rainer Arlt <rarlt@aip.de>
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Heike Rauer (FU Berlin and DLR)\nTitle: The PLATO Mis
 sion - getting ready for launch\nAbstract: PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and O
 scillations of stars) is ESA's M3 mission and designed to detect and chara
 cterize extrasolar planets by high-precision\, long-term photometric and a
 steroseismic monitoring of a large number of stars. PLATO will detect smal
 l planets around bright stars\, including terrestrial planets in the habit
 able zone of solar-like stars. With asteroseismology of their host stars a
 nd complementary radial velocity observation from ground-based telescopes\
 , planets will be characterized for their radius\, mass\, and age with hig
 h accuracy. PLATO will provide us the first large-scale catalogue of well-
 characterized small planets up to intermediate orbital periods\, relevant 
 for a meaningful comparison to planet formation theories and to better und
 erstand planet evolution.\nPLATO is scheduled for a launch date in April/M
 ay 2027. Today\, at the end of 2026\, the payload including 26 wide-angle 
 cameras with 12cm aperture each is integrated on the satellite platform an
 d final spacecraft and ground-segment tests are ongoing. This presentation
  will give an overview of the PLATO mission and its current development st
 atus.\nNote: [extra-ordinary colloquium]\n
LOCATION:AIP\; Kirch building\, Conference room
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