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EP: Fachverband Extraterrestrische Physik

EP 9: Planets and Small Bodies I

EP 9.2: Invited Talk

Wednesday, March 5, 2008, 09:00–09:30, KGI-Aula

Searching for exo-planets with CoRoT — •Heike Rauer — Institut für Planetenforschung, Rutherfordstr. 2, 12489 Berlin — Zentrum für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Technische universität Berlin, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin

The COROT satellite was successfully launched on the 27th of December 2006 and started its science observations in February 2007.The space mission is the first satellite launched to perform a systematic search for exoplanets using the transit method. The planet domain down to a size of about two Earth radii and orbital periods of less than two months will be explored. During the presentation the satellite and the mission profile will be described together with the latest scientific results obtained.