SPECULOOS: a network of robotic telescopes to hunt for terrestrial planets around the nearest ultracool dwarfs

Laetitia Delrez, Michaël Gillon, Emmanuël Jehin, Didier Queloz, Yaseen Almleaky, Artem Burdanov, Elsa Ducrot, Sandrine Sohy, Sam Thompson, Julien De Wit, Brice-olivier Demory, Valérie Van Grootel, Catarina Silva Fernandes, Catriona Murray, Adam Burgasser, Amaury Triaud, Khalid Barkaoui, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, James Mccormac, Roi AlonsoRafael Rebolo, Roberto Gilmozzi (Redaktør), Heather K. Marshall (Redaktør), Jason Spyromilio

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Abstract

We present here SPECULOOS, a new exoplanet transit search based on a network of 1m-class robotic telescopes targeting the ∼1200 ultracool (spectral type M7 and later) dwarfs bright enough in the infrared (K-mag ≤ 12.5) to possibly enable the atmospheric characterization of temperate terrestrial planets with next-generation facilities like the James Webb Space Telescope. The ultimate goals of the project are to reveal the frequency of temperate terrestrial planets around the lowest-mass stars and brown dwarfs, to probe the diversity of their bulk compositions, atmospheres and surface conditions, and to assess their potential habitability.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer107001I
TidsskriftProceedings of SPIE
Vol/bind10700
Antal sider22
ISSN0277-786X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 6 jul. 2018
BegivenhedGround-based and Airborne Telescopes VII - Austin, United States
Varighed: 10 jun. 201815 jun. 2018

Konference

KonferenceGround-based and Airborne Telescopes VII
LokationAustin, United States
Periode10/06/201815/06/2018

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