Engaging Citizen Scientists to Keep Transit Times Fresh and Ensure the Efficient Use of Transiting Exoplanet Characterization Missions

Autor:	Zellem, Robert T., Biferno, Anya, Ciardi, David R., Dussault, Mary, Peticolas, Laura, Fowler, Martin, Pearson, Kyle A., Gee, Wilfred, Zimmerman-Brachman, Rachel, Smith, Denise, Cominsky, Lynn, Roudier, Gael M., Lawton, Brandon, Baer, Robert, Dragomir, Diana, Jovanovic, Nemanja, Kuchner, Marc, Sienkiewicz, Frank, Walawender, Josh
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	This white paper advocates for the creation of a community-wide program to maintain precise mid-transit times of exoplanets that would likely be targeted by future platforms. Given the sheer number of targets that will require careful monitoring between now and the launch of the next generation of exoplanet characterization missions, this network will initially be devised as a citizen science project -- focused on the numerous amateur astronomers, small universities and community colleges and high schools that have access to modest sized telescopes and off-the-shelf CCDs. Comment: White Paper submitted to Astro2020 Science Call, 5 pages, 3 figures, community comments and involvement are welcome!
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1903.07716 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv