articleExperimental AstronomyApr 21, 2025HYBRID OA

The PLATO mission

HRH. RauerCAC. AertsJCJuan CabreraMDMagali DeleuilAEAnders Erikson

Aarhus University · University of Copenhagen · +1 more institution

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Abstract PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is ESA’s M3 mission designed to detect and characterise extrasolar planets and perform asteroseismic monitoring of a large number of stars. PLATO will detect small planets (down to <2R $$_\textrm{Earth}$$ Earth ) around bright stars (<11 mag), including terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars. With the complement of radial velocity observations from the ground, planets will be characterised for their radius, mass, and age with high accuracy (5%, 10%, 10% for an Earth-Sun combination respectively). PLATO will provide us with a large-scale catalogue of well-characterised small planets up to intermediate orbital…

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  • Astrobiology
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