Marco Dima
Role: Visualization and Rendering Engineer Work in progress
Yearly Archives: 2018
Maria Bergomi
Role: Interface Engineer Work in progress
Timothy Bandy
Role: Mechanical Structure System Engineer Work in progress
Valentina Viotto
Role: Chief System Engineer Work in progress
Virginie Cessa
Role: Mechanical Structure Project Manager Organization: University of Bern, Switzerland Work in progress
Thierry Morel
Role: PLATO Member Dr. Thierry Morel is a researcher at the astrophysics department of Liège University. He did his PhD at…
Jérôme Jacobs
Role: Mechanical Engineer Jérôme Jacobs (M.Sc. Master of Engineering (Aerospace Sciences), Univ. of Liege (2013)) is working at the Space…
Lionel Clermont
Role: Optical Engineer Lionel Clermont (M.Sc Physics, ULg & SupOptique, M.Sc Management, HEC-ULg) is an optical engineer in the…
Aline Hermans
Role: Project Manager Aline Hermans (Master in Engineering Physics, Univ. of Liege (1997); Master in Environment, TU Denmark-1998). She started…
Sara Regibo
Role: PLATOSIM software development, camera EGSE software development Dr. Sara Regibo(MSc Mathematics, 2005; Compl. Study Informatics, 2006; PhD in Astronomy…
Rik Huygen
Role: Camera EGSE development, PLATOSIM software development Dr. Rik Huygen(Msc Chemistry, 1986; PhD in Chemistry, 1993) is Research Manager at…
Pierre Roye
Role: Camera verification Dr. Pierre Royer (Ir Electronics & Physics 1994, PhD in Astrophysics, 2001) is Research Expert in Instrumentation at…
Bart Vandenbussche
Role: Camera AIV management Dr. Bart Vandenbussche (MSc Informatics, 1995; PhD in Astrophysics, 2002) is Research Manager Instrumentation at the…
Joris De Ridder
Role: PLATOSIM software development; performance team support Dr. Joris De Ridder (Msc Mathematics, 1996; PhD in Astrophysics, 2001) is Research Manager…
Andrew Tkachenko
Role: Auxiliary science cases coordination, PLATOSIM testing Dr. Andrew Tkachenko (Msc Astrophysics, 2007; PhD in Astrophysics, 2010) is Research Manager at…
Anders Erikson
Role: PMC Manager, PCOT Manager work in progress
Anna Maria Di Giorgio
Role: ICU SW PA Manager Dr. Anna Di Giorgio is a senior researcher at the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica…
ICU Team
The Instrument Control Unit (ICU) is under responsibility of Italy, with a contribution from Austria. INAF Rosario Cosentino, Project Manager…
Rosario Cosentino
Role: ICU Project Manager Education University: University of Catania, Italy. Graduated in physics in 1989 Profession Staff astronomer at INAF…
Stefano Pezzuto
Role: ICU SW System Engineer Stefano Pezzuto was born in Lecce, Italy, on May 2nd 1966. He graduated in astronomy…
Mauro Focardi
Role: ICU System Enigineer Mauro Focardi is a Researcher-Technologist at National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), OAA – Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Firenze…
Payload Module
The PLATO Payload comprises the cameras including focal planes and related electronics as well as the on-board data processing system….
Milazzo (Italy), 22-25 May 2018
Pictures taken during the “STESCI Workshop II, ” held in Milazzo (Italy) 22-25 May 2018
Performance
The main scientific goals of PLATO concern the detection and characterisation of extrasolar planets for their radius, mass, and age….
Instrument Performance
PLATO aims at obtaining high precision, continuous time series of photometric measurements of a large sample of stars. The drivers…
PLATO ESP2018: Stellar variability and its effect on the characterisation of small planets, 24-26 Oct 2018, Marseille
This is the first of a series of thematic PLATO Exoplanet workshops that aim to bring together observers and theorists…
Juan Carlos Suárez
Role: Member of the PSM, Member of the PLATO Board PhD in Astrophysics and Space Science by Paris 7 (Denis…
Science Performance
The anticipated high accuracy of planet parameters for PLATO demands a correspondingly high accuracy of stellar parameters. Planetary radii are…
Planet Yield
One of the mission design drivers for PLATO is assuring the detectability of planets with the size of the Earth…
PLATO Measurement Concept
PLATO will achieve its science objectives by performing: Planet detection and radius determination from photometric transits; Determination of planet masses…
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