Astrobiology with Robotic Telescopes at CAB

The key objectives of RTRCAB are the identification of new exoplanets and especially the characterization of the known exoplanets by observing photometric and systematic monitoring of their transits. These telescopes, equipped with advanced technology, optimized control programs, and optical and tec...

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Main Authors: Luis Cuesta, M. Teresa Eibe, Aurora Ullán, Antonio Pérez-Verde, Jorge Navas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Advances in Astronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/278207
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Summary:The key objectives of RTRCAB are the identification of new exoplanets and especially the characterization of the known exoplanets by observing photometric and systematic monitoring of their transits. These telescopes, equipped with advanced technology, optimized control programs, and optical and technical characteristics adequate for this purpose, are ideal to make the observations that are required to carry out these programs. The achievement of these goals is ensured by the existence of three separated geographical stations. In this sense, there are several planned missions that have the same objectives among their scientific goals, like Kepler, CoRoT, GAIA, and PLATO.
ISSN:1687-7969
1687-7977