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X-WR-CALNAME: IAC Talks: Open Astronomy Seminars
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CREATED:2011-04-01T00:00:00+01:00
X-WR-CALDESC: IAC Talks upcomming talks
SUMMARY:PLATO: The ESA Cosmic Vision planetray system characterizer
DESCRIPTION:PLATO: The ESA Cosmic Vision planetray system characterizer\nDr
 . Juan Carlos Suarez\n\nI present a general overview of the PLAnetary Tran
 sits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) space mission. PLATO was approved b
 y ESA’s Science Programme Committee, together with Euclid and Solar 
 Orbiter missions, to enter the so-called definition phase, i.e. the step r
 equired before the final decision is taken (only two missions will be impl
 emented). To be launched in 2018, PLATO is a third generation mission, whi
 ch will take advantage of the scientific return from the currently flying 
 space missions CoRoT (CNES, ESA, launched in 2006), and Kepler (NASA, laun
 ched in 2009). Moreover, the preparation and exploitation of the missions 
 will benefit from the GAIA (ESA) mission data, together with new generatio
 n ground-based instrumentation like North-HARPS, GIANO, CARMENES, etc. Fin
 ally, I summarize the current organization status of the mission,focusing 
 on the Spanish role within the consortium.
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