EChO: The Exo-planet Characterisation Observatory
Abstract
The Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory (EChO) is a space mission dedicated to undertaking spectroscopy of transiting exoplanets over the widest wavelength range possible. It is based around a highly stable space platform with a 1.2 m class telescope. The mission is currently being studied by ESA in the context of a medium class mission within the Cosmic Vision programme for launch post 2020. The payload suite is required to provide simultaneous coverage from the visible to the mid-infrared and must be highly stable and effectively operate as a single instrument.
- Publication:
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European Planetary Science Congress
- Pub Date:
- September 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013EPSC....8..214S