The science of EChO

Research areas:

• Intérieurs planétaires (2011 - 2016)

Year:

2011

Authors:

• Giovanna Tinetti
• James Y-K. Cho
• Caitlin A. Griffith
• Olivier Grasset
• Lee Grenfell
• Tristan Guillot
• Tommi T. Koskinen
• Julianne I. Moses
• David Pinfield
• Jonathan Tennyson
• Marcell Tessenyi
• Robin Wordsworth
• Alan Aylward
• Roy van Boekel
• Angioletta Coradini
• Therese Encrenaz
• Ignas Snellen
• Maria R. Zapatero-Osorio
• Jeroen Bouwman
• Vincent Conde du Foresto
• Mercedes Lopez-Morales
• Ingo Mueller-Wodarg
• Enric Palle
• Franck Selsis
• Alessandro Sozzetti
• Jean-Philippe Beaulieu
• Thomas Henning
• Michael Meyer
• Giuseppina Micela
• Ignasi Ribas
• Daphne Stam
• Mark Swain
• Oliver Krause
• Marc Ollivier
• Emanuele Pace
• Bruce Swinyard
• Peter A. R. Ade
• Nick Achilleos
• Alberto Adriani
• Craig B. Agnor
• Cristina Afonso
• Carlos Allende Prieto
• Gaspar Bakos
• Robert J. Barber
• Michael Barlow
• Peter Bernath
• Bruno Bezard
• Pascal Borde
• Linda R. Brown
• Arnaud Cassan
• Celine Cavarroc
• Angela Ciaravella
• Charles Cockell
• Athena Coustenis
• Camilla Danielski
• Lean Decin
• Remco De Kok
• Olivier Demangeon
• Pieter Deroo
• Peter Doel
• Pierre Drossart
• Leigh N. Fletcher
• Matteo Focardi
• Francois Forget
• Steve Fossey
• Pascal Fouque
• James Frith
• Marina Galand
• Patrick Gaulme
• Jonay I. Gonzalez Hernandez
• Davide Grassi
• Matt J. Griffin
• Ulrich Groezinger
• Manuel Guedel
• Pactrick Guio
• Olivier Hainaut
• Robert Hargreaves
• Peter H. Hauschildt
• Kevin Heng
• David Heyrovsky
• Ricardo Hueso
• Pat Irwin
• Lisa Kaltenegger
• Patrick Kervella
• David Kipping
• Geza Kovacs
• Antonin La Barbera
• Helmut Lammar
• Emmanuel Lellouch
• Giuseppe Leto
• Mercedes Lopez Morales
• Miguel A. Lopez Valverde
• Manuel Lopez-Puertas
• Christophe Lovis
• Antonio Maggio
• Jean-Pierre Maillard
• Jesus Maldonado Prado
• Jean-Baptiste Marquette
• Francisco J. Martin-Torres
• Pierre Maxted
• Steve Miller
• Sergio Molinari
• David Montes
• Amaya Moro-Martin
• Olivier Mousis
• Napoleon Nguyen Tuong
• Richard Nelson
• Glenn S. Orton
• Eric Pantin
• Enzo Pascale
• Stefano Pezzuto
• Ennio Poretti
• Raman Prinja
• Loredana Prisinzano
• Jean-Michel Reess
• Ansgar Reiners
• Benjamin Samuel
• Jorge Sanz Forcada
• Dimitar Sasselov
• Giorgio Savini
• Bruno Sicardy
• Alan Smith
• Lars Stixrude
• Giovanni Strazzulla
• Gautam Vasisht
• Sandrine Vinatier
• Serena Viti
• Ingo Waldmann
• Glenn J. White
• Thomas Widemann
• Roger Yelle
• Yuk Yung
• Sergey Yurchenko

Editor:

Sozzetti, A; Lattanzi, MG; Boss, AP

Volume:

276

Series:

IAU Symposium Proceedings Series

BibTex:

@book{WOS:000304838200059, author = "Giovanna Tinetti and James Y-K. Cho and Caitlin A. Griffith and Olivier Grasset and Lee Grenfell and Tristan Guillot and Tommi T. Koskinen and Julianne I. Moses and David Pinfield and Jonathan Tennyson and Marcell Tessenyi and Robin Wordsworth and Alan Aylward and van Boekel, Roy and Angioletta Coradini and Therese Encrenaz and Ignas Snellen and Maria R. Zapatero-Osorio and Jeroen Bouwman and du Foresto, Vincent Conde and Mercedes Lopez-Morales and Ingo Mueller-Wodarg and Enric Palle and Franck Selsis and Alessandro Sozzetti and Jean-Philippe Beaulieu and Thomas Henning and Michael Meyer and Giuseppina Micela and Ignasi Ribas and Daphne Stam and Mark Swain and Oliver Krause and Marc Ollivier and Emanuele Pace and Bruce Swinyard and Peter A. R. Ade and Nick Achilleos and Alberto Adriani and Craig B. Agnor and Cristina Afonso and Carlos Allende Prieto and Gaspar Bakos and Robert J. Barber and Michael Barlow and Peter Bernath and Bruno Bezard and Pascal Borde and Linda R. Brown and Arnaud Cassan and Celine Cavarroc and Angela Ciaravella and Charles Cockell and Athena Coustenis and Camilla Danielski and Lean Decin and Remco De Kok and Olivier Demangeon and Pieter Deroo and Peter Doel and Pierre Drossart and Leigh N. Fletcher and Matteo Focardi and Francois Forget and Steve Fossey and Pascal Fouque and James Frith and Marina Galand and Patrick Gaulme and Jonay I. Gonzalez Hernandez and Davide Grassi and Matt J. Griffin and Ulrich Groezinger and Manuel Guedel and Pactrick Guio and Olivier Hainaut and Robert Hargreaves and Peter H. Hauschildt and Kevin Heng and David Heyrovsky and Ricardo Hueso and Pat Irwin and Lisa Kaltenegger and Patrick Kervella and David Kipping and Geza Kovacs and Antonin La Barbera and Helmut Lammar and Emmanuel Lellouch and Giuseppe Leto and Mercedes Lopez Morales and Miguel A. Lopez Valverde and Manuel Lopez-Puertas and Christophe Lovis and Antonio Maggio and Jean-Pierre Maillard and Jesus Maldonado Prado and Jean-Baptiste Marquette and Francisco J. Martin-Torres and Pierre Maxted and Steve Miller and Sergio Molinari and David Montes and Amaya Moro-Martin and Olivier Mousis and Napoleon Nguyen Tuong and Richard Nelson and Glenn S. Orton and Eric Pantin and Enzo Pascale and Stefano Pezzuto and Ennio Poretti and Raman Prinja and Loredana Prisinzano and Jean-Michel Reess and Ansgar Reiners and Benjamin Samuel and Jorge Sanz Forcada and Dimitar Sasselov and Giorgio Savini and Bruno Sicardy and Alan Smith and Lars Stixrude and Giovanni Strazzulla and Gautam Vasisht and Sandrine Vinatier and Serena Viti and Ingo Waldmann and Glenn J. White and Thomas Widemann and Roger Yelle and Yuk Yung and Sergey Yurchenko", abstract = "The science of extra-solar planets is one of the most rapidly changing areas of astrophysics and since 1995 the number of planets known has increased by almost two orders of magnitude. A combination of ground-based surveys and dedicated space missions has resulted in 560-plus planets being detected, and over 1200 that await confirmation. NASA{\&}#039;s Kepler mission has opened up the possibility of discovering Earth-like planets in the habitable zone around some of the 100,000 stars it is surveying during its 3 to 4-year lifetime. The new ESA{\&}#039;s Gain mission is expected to discover thousands of new planets around stars within 200 parsecs of the Sun. The key challenge now is moving on from discovery, important though that remains, to characterisation: what are these planets actually like, and why are they as they are?In the past ten years, we have learned how to obtain the first spectra of exoplanets using transit transmission and emission spectroscopy. With the high stability of Spitzer, Hubble, and large ground-based telescopes the spectra of bright close-in massive planets can be obtained and species like water vapour, methane, carbon monoxide and dioxide have been detected. With transit science came the first tangible remote sensing of these planetary bodies and so one can start to extrapolate from what has been learnt from Solar System probes to what one might plan to learn about their faraway siblings. As we learn more about the atmospheres, surfaces and near-surfaces of these remote bodies, we will begin to build up a clearer picture of their construction, history and suitability for life.The Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory, EChO, will be the first dedicated mission to investigate the physics and chemistry of Exoplanetary Atmospheres. By characterising spectroscopically more bodies in different environments we will take detailed planetology out of the Solar System and into the Galaxy as a whole.EChO has now been selected by the European Space Agency to be assessed as one of four M3 mission candidates.", booktitle = "276th Symposium of the International-Astronomical-Union on Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution", doi = "10.1017/S1743921311020448", editor = "Sozzetti, A; Lattanzi, MG; Boss, AP", extra = "PICL", issn = "1743-9213", journal = "ASTROPHYSICS OF PLANETARY SYSTEMS: FORMATION, STRUCTURE, AND DYNAMICAL EVOLUTION", pages = "359-370", series = "IAU Symposium Proceedings Series", title = "{T}he science of {EC}h{O}", volume = "276", year = "2011", }

Abstract:

The science of extra-solar planets is one of the most rapidly changing areas of astrophysics and since 1995 the number of planets known has increased by almost two orders of magnitude. A combination of ground-based surveys and dedicated space missions has resulted in 560-plus planets being detected, and over 1200 that await confirmation. NASA's Kepler mission has opened up the possibility of discovering Earth-like planets in the habitable zone around some of the 100,000 stars it is surveying during its 3 to 4-year lifetime. The new ESA's Gain mission is expected to discover thousands of new planets around stars within 200 parsecs of the Sun. The key challenge now is moving on from discovery, important though that remains, to characterisation: what are these planets actually like, and why are they as they are?In the past ten years, we have learned how to obtain the first spectra of exoplanets using transit transmission and emission spectroscopy. With the high stability of Spitzer, Hubble, and large ground-based telescopes the spectra of bright close-in massive planets can be obtained and species like water vapour, methane, carbon monoxide and dioxide have been detected. With transit science came the first tangible remote sensing of these planetary bodies and so one can start to extrapolate from what has been learnt from Solar System probes to what one might plan to learn about their faraway siblings. As we learn more about the atmospheres, surfaces and near-surfaces of these remote bodies, we will begin to build up a clearer picture of their construction, history and suitability for life.The Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory, EChO, will be the first dedicated mission to investigate the physics and chemistry of Exoplanetary Atmospheres. By characterising spectroscopically more bodies in different environments we will take detailed planetology out of the Solar System and into the Galaxy as a whole.EChO has now been selected by the European Space Agency to be assessed as one of four M3 mission candidates.