Catch me if you can: The race to rescue the smallest planets

如果可以的话请抓住我：拯救最小行星的竞赛

• 批准号: DP220100365
• 负责人: Prof Robert Wittenmyer
• 金额: $ 19.08万
• 依托单位: University of Southern Queensland
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP220100365
• 关键词: Catch; me; race; rescue; smallest

This project will upgrade a unique Australian observatory to study the smallest planets around other stars, using an innovative new technique to provide high precision measurements capturing the tiny shadow of planets as they cross in front of their stars. The project aims to generate new knowledge on potentially Earth-like planets and contribute to the legacy of current and next-generation space telescopes. Expected outcomes include preserving a list of best planets for in-depth characterisations, and the first Australian facility to match the capability of space observatories: detecting planets as small as Earth. This project will benefit the international community by optimising the effort of future space telescopes.

该项目将升级一个独特的澳大利亚天文台，以研究其他恒星周围的最小行星，使用创新的新技术提供高精度测量，捕捉行星在其恒星前面穿过时的微小阴影。该项目旨在产生关于潜在类地行星的新知识，并为当前和下一代空间望远镜的遗产做出贡献。预期成果包括保存一份最佳行星清单，以供深入表征，以及澳大利亚第一个与空间观测站能力相匹配的设施：探测像地球一样小的行星。该项目将优化未来空间望远镜的工作，使国际社会受益。