ETAEARTH
"Measuring Eta_Earth: Characterization of Terrestrial Planetary Systems with Kepler, HARPS-N, and Gaia"
| Coordinatore | ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ASTROFISICA
Organization address
address: Viale del Parco Mellini 84 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Totale costo | 2˙957˙200 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙994˙359 € |
| Programma | FP7-SPACE
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space |
| Code Call | FP7-SPACE-2012-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
| Anno di inizio | 2013 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2013-01-01 - 2017-12-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ASTROFISICA
Organization address
address: Viale del Parco Mellini 84 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | coordinator | 584˙380.00 |
| 2 |
UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE
Organization address
address: Rue du General Dufour 24 contact info |
CH (GENEVE) | participant | 311˙760.00 |
| 3 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Organization address
address: OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE contact info |
UK (EDINBURGH) | participant | 260˙293.00 |
| 4 |
THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
Organization address
address: NORTH STREET 66 COLLEGE GATE contact info |
UK (ST ANDREWS FIFE) | participant | 238˙328.00 |
| 5 |
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST
Organization address
address: University Road contact info |
UK (BELFAST) | participant | 225˙017.00 |
| 6 |
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Organization address
address: JEFFERSON DRIVE 1000 contact info |
US (WASHINGTON DC) | participant | 204˙031.00 |
| 7 |
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA
Organization address
address: VIA 8 FEBBRAIO 2 contact info |
IT (PADOVA) | participant | 170˙550.00 |
| 8 |
THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK
Organization address
address: Kirby Corner Road - University House - contact info |
UK (COVENTRY) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'We propose to carry out an FP7 collaborative project to provide the first ever quantitative answer to one fundamental age-old question of mankind: ‘How common are Earth analogs in our Galaxy?’. We will achieve our goal by combining the unprecedented photometric precision of NASA’s Kepler mission, the unrivalled precision of ground-based radial-velocities from the HARPS-N spectrograph, and ESA’s Gaia mission exquisitely accurate parallaxes. Ours is a transnational collaboration between European countries and the US setup to optimize the synergy between space- and ground-based data whose scientific potential can only be fully exploited when analyzed together. We ask for manpower and resources to carry out a GTO program with HARPS-N@TNG (80 nights/yr for 5 years) to measure dynamical masses of terrestrial planet candidates identified by the Kepler mission. With the unique combination of Kepler and HARPS-N data we will learn for the first time about the physics of their interiors. Some of these planets will have characteristics (masses, radii) similar to Earth, and they might be orbiting within the habitable zone of stars much like our Sun. We will search for planets similar to Earth orbiting a carefully selected sample of nearby bright solar-type stars and red M dwarfs, providing suitable candidates for spectroscopic characterization of their atmospheres with next-generation space observatories. We will combine Kepler, HARPS-N, and Gaia data products of stars in the Kepler field to underpin the occurrence rates of terrestrial planets (η) as a function of stellar properties with unprecedented accuracy. Our unique team expertise in observations and modelling of exoplanetary systems will allow us to fully exploit the potential for breakthrough science intrinsic to this cutting-edge, multi-techniques, interdisciplinary project, making the best use of data of the highest quality gathered from NASA and ESA space missions and ground-based instrumentation.'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Using the continuous datastream from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Kepler Mission and cutting-edge ground-based instrumentation, EU-funded astronomers are learning more about small planets in our galaxy.