ETAEARTH

"Measuring Eta_Earth: Characterization of Terrestrial Planetary Systems with Kepler, HARPS-N, and Gaia"

Coordinatore	ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ASTROFISICA    more  Organization address address: Viale del Parco Mellini 84 city: ROMA postcode: 136 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Alessandro Cognome: Capetti Email: send email Telefono: +39 011 8101910 Fax: 390118000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Totale costo	2˙957˙200 €
EC contributo	1˙994˙359 €
Programma	FP7-SPACE Specific Programme "Cooperation": Space
Code Call	FP7-SPACE-2012-1
Funding Scheme	CP-FP
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-01-01   -   2017-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI ASTROFISICA  Organization address address: Viale del Parco Mellini 84 city: ROMA postcode: 136 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Alessandro Cognome: Capetti Email: send email Telefono: +39 011 8101910 Fax: 390118000000	IT (ROMA)	coordinator	584˙380.00
2	UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE  Organization address address: Rue du General Dufour 24 city: GENEVE postcode: 1211 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Stéphane Cognome: Udry Email: send email Telefono: +41 22 3792467	CH (GENEVE)	participant	311˙760.00
3	THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH  Organization address address: OLD COLLEGE, SOUTH BRIDGE city: EDINBURGH postcode: EH8 9YL contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: David Cognome: Dougal Email: send email Telefono: +44 131 650 9025	UK (EDINBURGH)	participant	260˙293.00
4	THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS  Organization address address: NORTH STREET 66 COLLEGE GATE city: ST ANDREWS FIFE postcode: KY16 9AJ contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Trish Cognome: Starrs Email: send email Telefono: +44 1334 467286 Fax: +44 1334 462217	UK (ST ANDREWS FIFE)	participant	238˙328.00
5	QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST  Organization address address: University Road city: BELFAST postcode: BT7 1NN contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Pauline Cognome: Mccann Email: send email Telefono: +44 2890973229	UK (BELFAST)	participant	225˙017.00
6	SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION  Organization address address: JEFFERSON DRIVE 1000 city: WASHINGTON DC postcode: 20560 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Thomas Cognome: Bonnenfant Email: send email Telefono: +1 617 4957215	US (WASHINGTON DC)	participant	204˙031.00
7	UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA  Organization address address: VIA 8 FEBBRAIO 2 city: PADOVA postcode: 35122 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Paolo Cognome: Rando Email: send email Telefono: +39 049 8277298 Fax: +39 049 8277116	IT (PADOVA)	participant	170˙550.00
8	THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK  Organization address address: Kirby Corner Road - University House - city: COVENTRY postcode: CV4 8UW contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Peter Cognome: Hedges Email: send email Telefono: +44 2476523716 Fax: +44 2476524991	UK (COVENTRY)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'We propose to carry out an FP7 collaborative project to provide the first ever quantitative answer to one fundamental age-old question of mankind: ‘How common are Earth analogs in our Galaxy?’. We will achieve our goal by combining the unprecedented photometric precision of NASA’s Kepler mission, the unrivalled precision of ground-based radial-velocities from the HARPS-N spectrograph, and ESA’s Gaia mission exquisitely accurate parallaxes. Ours is a transnational collaboration between European countries and the US setup to optimize the synergy between space- and ground-based data whose scientific potential can only be fully exploited when analyzed together. We ask for manpower and resources to carry out a GTO program with HARPS-N@TNG (80 nights/yr for 5 years) to measure dynamical masses of terrestrial planet candidates identified by the Kepler mission. With the unique combination of Kepler and HARPS-N data we will learn for the first time about the physics of their interiors. Some of these planets will have characteristics (masses, radii) similar to Earth, and they might be orbiting within the habitable zone of stars much like our Sun. We will search for planets similar to Earth orbiting a carefully selected sample of nearby bright solar-type stars and red M dwarfs, providing suitable candidates for spectroscopic characterization of their atmospheres with next-generation space observatories. We will combine Kepler, HARPS-N, and Gaia data products of stars in the Kepler field to underpin the occurrence rates of terrestrial planets (η) as a function of stellar properties with unprecedented accuracy. Our unique team expertise in observations and modelling of exoplanetary systems will allow us to fully exploit the potential for breakthrough science intrinsic to this cutting-edge, multi-techniques, interdisciplinary project, making the best use of data of the highest quality gathered from NASA and ESA space missions and ground-based instrumentation.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Using the continuous datastream from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Kepler Mission and cutting-edge ground-based instrumentation, EU-funded astronomers are learning more about small planets in our galaxy.