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Elsevier, Acta Astronautica, (115), p. 18-23, 2015

DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2015.04.026

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A one meter class eye for the PLAnetary Transit and Oscillation spacecraft

Journal article published in 2015 by Roberto Ragazzoni, Heike Rauer, Claude Catala, Demetrio Magrin, Daniele Piazza, Isabella Pagano, Valerio Nascimbeni, Giampaolo Piotto ORCID, Pierre Bodin, Patrick Levacher, Jacopo Farinato, Valentina Viotto, Maria Bergomi, Marco Dima, Luca Marafatto and other authors.
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Abstract

PLATO stands for PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations and it is the forthcoming third Medium sized mission of ESA, planned to be launched in 2024. Its optical payload is an ensemble of 34 small telescopes that mimic a single one meter class aperture with a huge Field of View of more than 50 degrees in size. Aiming to find exoplanets around bright nearby stars it is designed to discover a significant number of relatively nearby Earth-like worlds. A description of the optomechanical adopted solution and a speculative scenario to further explore such alien worlds is briefly given. (C) 2015 IAA. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.