2 papers
astro-ph2000
Planet Detection Capabilities of the Eddington Mission
Hans J. Deeg, Keith Horne, Fabio Favata +1
Eddington is a space mission for extrasolar planet finding and for asteroseismic observations. It has been selected by ESA as an F2/F3 reserve mission with a potential implementati…
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Detection limits in space-based transit observations
H. J. Deeg, F. Favata, Eddington Science Team
From simulations of transit observations, it is found that the detectability of extrasolar planets depends only on two parameters: The signal-to-noise ratio during a transit, and t…