The Origins and Evolution of the Most Abundant Planets in our Galaxy

大多数围绕其他恒星运行的行星系统都不像我们的太阳系。我们现在知道，最常见的系外行星类型是超级地球和海王星，它们的大小从地球到海王星不等，离它们的母恒星很近。这个项目旨在描述这些行星在其演化的不同阶段。该项目将利用澳大利亚的设施来表征来自TESS太空望远镜的新行星，并有望探测超级地球和海王星的动态和物理特性，作为年龄的函数。这个项目的重要好处包括直接回答这类主要行星的起源，并为未来十年的系外行星研究开发技术。

The majority of planetary systems around other stars are not like our Solar System. We now know that the most common types of exoplanets are super-Earths and Neptunes, planets with sizes ranging from Earth to Neptune, residing close to their parent stars. This project aims to characterise these planets at various stages of their evolution. This project will utilise Australian facilities to characterise new planets from the TESS space telescope, and is expected to probe the dynamical and physical properties of super-Earths and Neptunes as a function of age. Important benefits from this project include directly answering the origins of this dominant class of planets, and developing the techniques for the next decade of exoplanetary research.