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SUMMARY:First results from the Characterizing Exoplanet Satellite (CHEOPS)
  - Monika Lendl (Genève)
DTSTART:20210209T130000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Annelies Mortier
DESCRIPTION:The Characterizing Exoplanets Satellite (CHEOPS) is the first 
 ESA space mission dedicated primarily to the study of exoplanetary systems
 . The satellite\, carrying a 30cm photometric telescope\, has been launche
 d successfully in December 2019 and has seen first light in January 2020. 
 Throughout it's nominal mission of 3.5 years\, it will perform ultra-high 
 precision photometry of bright stars know to host extrasolar planets. Next
  to searching for transits of planets known from radial velocities and mea
 suring precise radii of known transiting planets\, CHEOPS will dedicate ap
 proximately 25% of its observing time to characterizing \nexoplanet atmosp
 heres. In this talk\, I will describe the CHEOPS space mission\, summarize
  its scientific program and detail how we will use CHEOPS to probe exoplan
 et atmospheres\, such as optical-light occultations and planetary phase cu
 rves. After introducing the mission\, I will give an update on it's curren
 t status\, performances and show first science results.
LOCATION:ONLINE - Details to be sent by email
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