2nd Announcement of the PLATO Science Conference
PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is one of the three medium class (M class) missions selected for definition study in the framework of the ESA Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program.
The main objectives of PLATO are the detection and characterization of Earth Analogue systems; the search for exoplanets around the brightest stars of solar type at all orbital periods and with all physical sizes; the search for exoplanets around nearby M-type dwarfs with all physical sizes and at all orbital periods, including at orbital distances such that these planets fall within the habitable zones of these very cool stars; the search for and characterization of exoplanets over a wide variety of sizes, masses, and orbits around bright stars; and a full characterization of very bright stars of all masses and ages using seismic analysis. PLATO will use three complementary techniques: ultra-high precision photometric monitoring of very large samples of bright stars, ground-based follow-up in radial velocity, and seismic analysis of the host stars to obtain accurate stellar parameters (mass, radius, age, ...).
This conference aims to present to the general scientific community the PLATO mission, its scientific program, and the PLATO Mission Consortium, to provide a contact point to those interested in getting involved in PLATO, and to collect the input from the community for the PLATO definition phase.
The meeting will be held at the Technische Universität in Berlin, on 24 and 25 February 2011.
A registration fee of 150€ will be charged. The deadline for the registration is January 25, 2011.
The link of the meeting is: http://www-astro.physik.tu-berlin.de/plato-2011
More information about PLATO can be found here: http://www.oact.inaf.it/plato/PPLC/Home.html
1st Announcement of the PLATO Science Conference
PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is one of the three medium class (M class) missions selected for definition study in the framework of the ESA Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 program.
The main objectives of PLATO are the detection and characterization of Earth Analogue systems; the search for exoplanets around the brightest stars of solar type at all orbital periods and with all physical sizes; the search for exoplanets around nearby M-type dwarfs with all physical sizes and at all orbital periods, including at orbital distances such that these planets fall within the habitable zones of these very cool stars; the search for and characterization of exoplanets over a wide variety of sizes, masses, and orbits around bright stars; and a full characterization of very bright stars of all masses and ages using seismic analysis. PLATO will use three complementary techniques: ultra-high precision photometric monitoring of very large samples of bright stars, ground-based follow-up in radial velocity, and seismic analysis of the host stars to obtain accurate stellar parameters (mass, radius, age, ...).
This meeting aims to present to the general scientific community the PLATO mission, its scientific program, and the PLATO Mission Consortium, to provide a contact point to those interested in getting involved in PLATO, and to collect the input from the community for the PLATO definition phase.
The meeting will be held in the University of Technology in Berlin, on 24 and 25 February 2011. The registration will open soon (a fee of about 150 Euro will be charged). The deadline for the registration is 6 January 2011.
The link of the meeting is: http://www-astro.physik.tu-berlin.de/plato-2011
More information about PLATO can be found here: http://www.oact.inaf.it/plato/PPLC/Home.html
