| Title: |
The science of EChO |
| Authors: |
Tinetti, Giovanna; Cho, James Y.-K.; Griffith, Caitlin A.; Grasset, Olivier; Grenfell, Lee; Guillot, Tristan; Koskinen, Tommi T.; Moses, Julianne I.; Pinfield, David; Tennyson, Jonathan; Tessenyi, Marcell; Wordsworth, Robin; Aylward, Alan; van Boekel, Roy; Coradini, Angioletta; Encrenaz, Therese; Snellen, Ignas; Zapatero-Osorio, Maria R.; Bouwman, Jeroen; Du Foresto, Vincent Coudé; Lopez-Morales, Mercedes; Mueller-Wodarg, Ingo; Pallé, Enric; Selsis, Franck; Sozzetti, Alessandro; Beaulieu, Jean-Philippe; Henning, Thomas; Meyer, Michael; Micela, Giuseppina; Ribas, Ignasi; Stam, Daphne; Swain, Mark, G.; Krause, Oliver; Ollivier, Marc; Pace, Emanuele; Swinyard, Bruce; Ade, Peter A. R.; Achilleos, Nick; Adriani, Alberto; Agnor, Craig B.; Afonso, Cristina; Prieto, Carlos Allende; Bakos, Gaspar; Barber, Robert J.; Barlow, Michael; Bernath, Peter; Bézard, Bruno; Bordé, Pascal; Brown, Linda R.; Cassan, Arnaud; Cavarroc, Céline; Ciaravella, Angela; Cockell, Charles; Coustenis, Athéna; Danielski, Camilla; Decin, Leen; de Kok, Remco; Demangeon, Olivier; Deroo, Pieter; Doel, Peter; Drossart, Pierre; Fletcher, Leigh N.; Focardi, Matteo; Forget, Francois; Fossey, Steve; Fouqué, Pascal; Frith, James; Galand, Marina; Gaulme, Patrick; Hernández, Jonay I. González; Grassi, Davide; Griffin, Matt J.; Grözinger, Ulrich; Guedel, Manuel; Guio, Pactrick; Hainaut, Olivier; Hargreaves, Robert; Hauschildt, Peter H.; Heng, Kevin; Heyrovsky, David; Hueso, Ricardo; Irwin, Pat; Kaltenegger, Lisa; Kervella, Patrick; Kipping, David; Kovacs, Geza; Barbera, Antonino La; Lammer, Helmut; Lellouch, Emmanuel; Leto, Giuseppe; Morales, Mercedes Lopez; Valverde, Miguel A. Lopez; Lopez-Puertas, Manuel; Lovi, Christophe; Maggio, Antonio; Maillard, Jean-Pierre; Prado, Jesus Maldonado; Marquette, Jean-Baptiste; Martin-Torres, Francisco J.; Maxted, Pierre; Miller, Steve; Molinari, Sergio; Montes, David; Moro-Martin, Amaya; Mousis, Olivier; Tuong, Napoléon Nguyen; Nelson, Richard, P.; Orton, Glenn S.; Pantin, Eric; Pascale, Enzo; Pezzuto, Stefano; Poretti, Ennio; Prinja, Raman; Prisinzano, Loredana; Réess, Jean-Michel; Reiners, Ansgar; Samuel, Benjamin; Forcada, Jorge Sanz; Sasselov, Dimitar; Savini, Giorgio; Sicardy, Bruno; Smith, Alan; Stixrude, Lars; Strazzulla, Giovanni; Vasisht, Gautam; Vinatier, Sandrine; Viti, Serena; Waldmann, Ingo; White, Glenn J.; Widemann, Thomas; Yelle, Roger; Yung, Yuk; Yurchenko, Sergey |
| Contributors: |
University College London UCL (UCL); Lunar and Planetary Laboratory Tucson (LPL); University of Arizona; Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique de Nantes UMR 6112 (LPGN); Université de Nantes (UN)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Laboratoire de Cosmologie, Astrophysique Stellaire & Solaire, de Planétologie et de Mécanique des Fluides (CASSIOPEE); Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur; Université Côte d'Azur (UniCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UniCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Department of Physics and Astronomy UCL London; Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD); Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X); Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-École nationale des ponts et chaussées (ENPC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS-PSL; École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL); Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL); Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL); Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (INAF); National Research Council of Italy; Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA); Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Département d'Astrophysique (ex SAP) (DAP); Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU); Université Paris-Saclay-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)); Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)); Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA); Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux Pessac (LAB); Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Observatoire aquitain des sciences de l'univers (OASU); Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE); Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB); Laboratoire d'astrodynamique, d'astrophysique et d'aéronomie de bordeaux (L3AB); Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1 (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP); Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie = Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA); Max-Planck-Gesellschaft; Liquides Ioniques et Interfaces Chargées (LI2C); Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris); Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo (OAPa); Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica Rome (INAF); Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas España = Spanish National Research Council Spain (CSIC); SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON); University of Calgary; Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS); Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre National d’Études Spatiales Paris (CNES); School of Physics and Astronomy London; Queen Mary University of London (QMUL); Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH); Astronomische Rechen-Institut Heidelberg (ARI); Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg (ZAH); Universität Heidelberg Heidelberg = Heidelberg University-Universität Heidelberg Heidelberg = Heidelberg University; Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute Milton Keynes (PSSRI); Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research Milton Keynes (CEPSAR); The Open University Milton Keynes, UK (OU)-The Open University Milton Keynes, UK (OU); Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics Oxford (AOPP); University of Oxford; Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace (IPSL); Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X); Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IP Paris)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Laboratoire Astrophysique de Toulouse-Tarbes (LATT); Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3); Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Communauté d'universités et établissements de Toulouse (Comue de Toulouse)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Blackett Laboratory; Imperial College London; Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI); Escuela Superior de Ingenieria; Universidad del País Vasco Espainia / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea España = University of the Basque Country Spain = Université du pays basque Espagne (UPV / EHU); Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA); Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution; Space Research Institute of Austrian Academy of Sciences (IWF); Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW); Department of Science and Technology Studies London (STS); Univers, Théorie, Interfaces, Nanostructures, Atmosphère et environnement, Molécules (UMR 6213) (UTINAM); Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC); Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC); Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)); Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Institut universitaire de France (IUF); Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.); Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC); Department of Physics and Astronomy Milton Keynes; The Open University Milton Keynes, UK (OU) |
| Source: |
The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution ; https://hal.science/hal-00641239 ; The Astrophysics of Planetary Systems: Formation, Structure, and Dynamical Evolution, 2010, Torino, Italy. pp.359-370, ⟨10.1017/S1743921311020448⟩ |
| Publisher Information: |
CCSD |
| Publication Year: |
2010 |
| Collection: |
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier: HAL-UPS |
| Subject Terms: |
planets and satellites: formation; planets and satellites: general; planetary systems; planetary systems: formation; [SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]; [PHYS.ASTR.EP]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP] |
| Subject Geographic: |
Torino; Italy |
| Description: |
International audience ; The science of extra-solar planets is one of the most rapidly changing areas of astrophysics and since 1995 the number of planets known has increased by almost two orders of magnitude. A combination of ground-based surveys and dedicated space missions has resulted in 560-plus planets being detected, and over 1200 that await confirmation. NASA's Kepler mission has opened up the possibility of discovering Earth-like planets in the habitable zone around some of the 100,000 stars it is surveying during its 3 to 4-year lifetime. The new ESA's Gaia mission is expected to discover thousands of new planets around stars within 200 parsecs of the Sun. The key challenge now is moving on from discovery, important though that remains, to characterisation: what are these planets actually like, and why are they as they are? In the past ten years, we have learned how to obtain the first spectra of exoplanets using transit transmission and emission spectroscopy. With the high stability of Spitzer, Hubble, and large ground-based telescopes the spectra of bright close-in massive planets can be obtained and species like water vapour, methane, carbon monoxide and dioxide have been detected. With transit science came the first tangible remote sensing of these planetary bodies and so one can start to extrapolate from what has been learnt from Solar System probes to what one might plan to learn about their faraway siblings. As we learn more about the atmospheres, surfaces and near-surfaces of these remote bodies, we will begin to build up a clearer picture of their construction, history and suitability for life. The Exoplanet Characterisation Observatory, EChO, will be the first dedicated mission to investigate the physics and chemistry of Exoplanetary Atmospheres. By characterising spectroscopically more bodies in different environments we will take detailed planetology out of the Solar System and into the Galaxy as a whole. EChO has now been selected by the European Space Agency to be assessed as one of four ... |
| Document Type: |
conference object |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
BIBCODE: 2011IAUS.276.359T |
| DOI: |
10.1017/S1743921311020448 |
| Availability: |
https://hal.science/hal-00641239; https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921311020448 |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.6CD97325 |
| Database: |
BASE |