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Planetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars: the ESA M3 mission in the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025

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  • Meetings, PLATO Meetings

    PLATO Week #7, Cambridge, 5-7 December 2018

  • Meetings, PLATO Meetings

    PLATO ESP2018: Stellar variability and its effect on the characterisation of small planets, 24-26 Oct 2018, Marseille

  • ArtWork

    PLATO artwork

  • Meetings, PLATO Meetings

    PLATO Week #6, Madrid, 13-15 March 2018

  • Meetings, PLATO Meetings

    Camera AIV Meeting, Munich 13-14 Feb 2018

  • Meetings, PLATO Meetings

    Plato Week #5, Porto, 24-26 Oct 2017

  • Meeting on Exoplanets, Meetings, PLATO Meetings

    PLATO Mission Conference 2017, Warwick, 5-7 Sep 2017

  • Meetings, PLATO Meetings

    PLATO Week #4, Jun 20-22 2017, Albanova Univ., Stockholm

  • Meetings, PLATO Meetings

    PLATO Week #3, 13-15 Mar 2017, Göttingen

  • PLATO Meetings

    PLATO Week #2, 8-10 Nov 2016, ASI, Rome

  • PLATO Meetings

    PLATO Week #1, July 2016 at KU Leuven

  • ArtWork

    PLATO artwork

  • ArtWork

    PLATO artwork

  • ArtWork

    PLATO artwork

  • Pictures, Rendering

    PLATO satellite – TAS model

  • PLATO Meetings

    PLATO Payload Meeting, Berlin 15-17 July 2015

  • PLATO Meetings

    PLATO Science Meeting in Taormina, Italy – 3-5 Dec 2014

  • PLATO Meetings

    PLATO Phase B1 KOM, Berlin, 16-17 July 2014

  • PLATO Meetings

    PLATO TOU Team Meeting, Catania 28 Feb – 1 Mar 2011

  • PLATO Meetings

    PLATO Science Conference, Berlin, 24-25 Feb 2011

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Science Objectives
Planet detection and characterisation of bulk parameters

Planet detection and characterisation of bulk parameters

Since the discovery of the first extrasolar planet orbiting a solar type star in 1995 (Mayor & Queloz 1995),  just…

  • PLATO study planets where they form
  • Habitability of planets around solar-like stars
  • Testing Planet Formation
  • Multiple Planet Systems
  • Terrestrial Planets
Science Requirements
  • Top scientific requirements

    Top scientific requirements

  • Derived Scientific Requirements
  • Wavelength and colour information
  • Observation gaps
Mission in depth
  • Mission Profile

    Mission Profile

  • Launch scenario and transfer
  • Operations at the Lagrange point 2 (L2)
  • Telemetry data budget
The PLATO Way
  • PLATO Measurement Concept

    PLATO Measurement Concept

  • The transit method
  • The radial velocity method
  • Asteroseismology
Payload
  • Payload Module

    Payload Module

  • Cameras
  • Telescope Optical Unit (TOU)
  • Focal Plane Assembly (FPA)
Ground Segment
  • Science Operations

    Science Operations

  • Data Products
  • Ground-based Observation Programme
  • Organisation of Ground-based Observation
Payload Management
  • Payload Management & Engineering Office 

    Payload Management & Engineering Office 

  • Camera AIV Teams
  • TOU Team
  • ICU Team
FactSheets
  • PLATO and the search for planets in the habitable zone

    PLATO and the search for planets in the habitable zone

  • TESS and PLATO at a glance
Meetings
  • PLATO Atmosphere Workshop, 4-5 Feb 2019, DLR Adlershof (Berlin)

    PLATO Atmosphere Workshop, 4-5 Feb 2019, DLR Adlershof (Berlin)

  • PLATO Week #7, Cambridge, 5-7 December 2018
  • PLATO ESP2018: Stellar variability and its effect on the characterisation of small planets, 24-26 Oct 2018, Marseille
  • PLATO STESCI Workshop II, Milazzo (Italy), 22-25 May 2018
Publications
  • PLATO papers

    PLATO papers

  • ESA Books
Newsletter
  • Newsletter #27

    Newsletter #27

  • Newsletter #26
  • Newsletter #25
  • Newsletter #24
Pictures from Meetings
  • Milazzo (Italy), 22-25 May 2018

    Milazzo (Italy), 22-25 May 2018

  • Madrid, 12-14 Mar 2018
  • Munich, 13-14 Feb 2018
  • Padova, 7 Nov 2017
Payload Models
  • Telescope Optical Unit Prototype

    Telescope Optical Unit Prototype

  • Telescope Optical Unit BreadBoard
PLATO People

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Videos
Optical Segmentation for a huge Field of View

Optical Segmentation for a huge Field of View

Credit: INAF Achieving a very large FoV in common with a relatively arge aperture lead to fast focal ratio optics….

  • PLATO vs. Kepler FoV
  • PLATO’s eye
  • PLATO Observing Concept
  • PLATO Long Pointing and Step & Stare Phases
News
PLATO and the search for planets in the habitable zone

PLATO and the search for planets in the habitable zone

Download PLATO and the search for planets in the habitable zone  as pdf document.

  • Management of the PLATO Characterization and Operations Team (PCOT): job position open at DLR, Berlin
  • PLATO Database Software Developer position open at the MPS, Göttingen
  • PLATO data scientist position open at the IoA, Cambridge
  • Researcher position at INAF – Catania to work on PLATO
  • Postdoctoral Researcher in Asteroseismology at IA, Porto – Ref: IA2018-20-CTTI
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