14 May 2009
14 May 2009
Speaker: Annie Baglin (LESIA, Observatoire de Paris)
Title:COROT
Abstract: The CoRoT mission is a stellar photometry mission of very high
precision, very long uninterrupted observations of the same stars.
It is flying now for more than two and a half year.
Its performances will be presented, showing that it fulfills the
initial specifications.
A few highlights of the current results, in stellar seismology and
variability in general will be described.
Finally the planet hunting program, its difficulties and its
results, will be presented.
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