Demonstrating high-precision photometry with a CubeSat: ASTERIA observations of 55 Cancri e

Mary Knapp, Sara Seager, Brice-Olivier Demory +19

ASTERIA (Arcsecond Space Telescope Enabling Research In Astrophysics) is a 6U CubeSat space telescope (10 cm x 20 cm x 30 cm, 10 kg). ASTERIA's primary mission objective was demons…