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Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

G. RickerMassachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United StatesJoshua N. WinnMassachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United StatesR. VanderspekMassachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United StatesDavid W. LathamHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United StatesG. Á. BakosPrinceton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United StatesJacob L. BeanUniversity of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60611, United StatesZachory K. Berta-ThompsonMassachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United StatesTimothy M. BrownLas Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope, Goleta, California 93117, United StatesLars A. BuchhaveHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United StatesfUniversity of Copenhagen, 1165 Copenhagen, DenmarkN. ButlerArizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85004, United StatesR. Paul ButlerW. J. ChaplinUniversity of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, United KingdomjAarhus University, Stellar Astrophysics Centre, 8000 Aarhus, DenmarkDavid CharbonneauHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United StatesJ. Christensen‐DalsgaardAarhus University, Stellar Astrophysics Centre, 8000 Aarhus, DenmarkMark ClampinNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Green Belt, Maryland 20771, United StatesDrake DemingUniversity of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United StatesJ. DotyNoqsi Aerospace, Ltd., Pine, Colorado 80470, United StatesNathan De LeeNorthern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky 41099, United StatesoVanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United StatesCourtney D. DressingHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United StatesEdward W. DunhamLowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001, United StatesMichael EndlMcDonald Observatory, Austin, Texas 78712, United StatesFrançois FressinHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United StatesJian GeUniversity of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611, United StatesThomas HenningMax-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, 69117 Heidelberg, GermanyMatthew J. HolmanHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United StatesAndrew W. HowardUniversity of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii 96822, United StatesShigeru IdaTokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8851, JapanJon M. JenkinsNASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California 94035, United StatesG. JerniganUniversity of California, Space Science Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United StatesJohn Asher JohnsonHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United StatesLisa KalteneggerMax-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, 69117 Heidelberg, GermanyN. KawaiTokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8851, JapanH. KjeldsenAarhus University, Stellar Astrophysics Centre, 8000 Aarhus, DenmarkGregory LaughlinUCO/Lick Observatory, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United StatesAlan M. LevineMassachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United StatesD. N. C. LinUCO/Lick Observatory, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United StatesJack J. LissauerNASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California 94035, United StatesPhillip J. MacQueenMcDonald Observatory, Austin, Texas 78712, United StatesGeoffrey W. MarcyUniversity of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United StatesP. R. McCulloughSpace Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United StatesaaJohns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United StatesTimothy D. MortonPrinceton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United StatesNorio NaritaNational Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo 181-8588, JapanMartin PaegertVanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United StatesΕ. ΠάλληInstituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, E38205 La Laguna (Tenerife), SpainF. PepeObservatoire de Genève, 1290 Versoix, SwitzerlandJoshua PepperVanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, United StateseeLehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015, United StatesA. QuirrenbachLandessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität, 69117 Heidelberg, GermanyStephen A. RinehartNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Green Belt, Maryland 20771, United StatesDimitar SasselovHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United StatesBun’ei SatoTokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8851, JapanSara SeagerMassachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United StatesA. SozzettiINAF–Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, 10025 Pino Torinese, Torino, ItalyKeivan G. StassunPrinceton Univ. (United States)Peter SullivanMassachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United StatesAndrew SzentgyorgyiHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United StatesGuillermo TorresHarvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United StatesS. UdryObservatoire de Genève, 1290 Versoix, SwitzerlandJ. VillaseñorMassachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States

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The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will search for planets transiting bright and nearby stars. TESS has been selected by NASA for launch in 2017 as an Astrophysics Explorer mission. The spacecraft will be placed into a highly elliptical 13.7-day orbit around the Earth. During its 2-year mission, TESS will employ four wide-field optical charge-coupled device cameras to monitor at least 200,000 main-sequence dwarf stars with IC≈4−13 for temporary drops in brightness caused by planetary transits. Each star will be observed for an interval ranging from 1 month to 1 year, depending mainly on the star’s ecliptic latitude. The longest observing intervals will be for stars near the ecliptic poles, which are the optimal locations for follow-up observations with the James Webb Space Telescope. Brightness measurements of preselected target stars will be recorded every 2 min, and full frame images will be recorded every 30 min. TESS stars will be 10 to 100 times brighter than those surveyed by the pioneering Kepler mission. This will make TESS planets easier to characterize with follow-up observations. TESS is expected to find more than a thousand planets smaller than Neptune, including dozens that are comparable in size to the Earth. Public data releases will occur every 4 months, inviting immediate community-wide efforts to study the new planets. The TESS legacy will be a catalog of the nearest and brightest stars hosting transiting planets, which will endure as highly favorable targets for detailed investigations.

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DOI: 10.1117/1.jatis.1.1.014003

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