MINERVA-Australis: A dedicated southern hemisphere exoplanet observatory

MINERVA-Australis：专门的南半球系外行星观测站

• 批准号: LE160100001
• 负责人: Prof Robert Wittenmyer
• 金额: $ 53.34万
• 依托单位: University of Southern Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2016-06-29 至 2018-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE160100001
• 关键词: MINERVA; Australis; dedicated; southern; hemisphere

A dedicated southern hemisphere exoplanet observatory: This project aims to build MINERVA-Australia: a Southern Hemisphere multi-telescope array ideally suited to the critical follow-up of extrasolar planets to be discovered by next-generation space missions. The next decade will see a wealth of new planet discoveries from next-generation space missions. But there is a severe shortage of ground-based instruments with the precision needed to follow up those discoveries. Understanding the detailed properties of these planets requires dedicated observational facilities. This robotic observatory expands the MINiature Exoplanet Radial Velocity Array (MINERVA) and is designed to rapidly deliver high-precision data characterising low-mass planets orbiting bright stars. This innovative facility may give Australian exoplanetary scientists a world-leading role in this exciting new research.

专门的南半球系外行星观测站： 该项目旨在建造 MINERVA-Australia：南半球多望远镜阵列，非常适合对下一代太空任务发现的太阳系外行星进行关键后续行动。未来十年，下一代太空任务将发现大量新行星。但严重缺乏能够跟踪这些发现所需精度的地面仪器。了解这些行星的详细特性需要专门的观测设施。该机器人天文台扩展了微型系外行星径向速度阵列（MINERVA），旨在快速提供描述围绕明亮恒星运行的低质量行星的高精度数据。这个创新设施可能会让澳大利亚系外行星科学家在这项令人兴奋的新研究中发挥世界领先的作用。