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most citedThe PLATO Mission

13 citations · 28 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Searching for hot water world candidates with CHEOPS: II. A low-density super-Earth orbiting the K dwarf TOI-2211

J. A. Egger, P. Cortés-Zuleta, D. Kubyshkina +98

Small exoplanets on close-in orbits are exposed to high levels of stellar irradiation, which can effectively remove low-mass primordial H/He envelopes through atmospheric escape. U…

astro-ph.EP2026

SOPHIE and TESS characterization of fourteen TESS Objects of Interest: nine planetary systems and five low-mass stellar companions

N. Heidari, G. Hébrard, S. Sousa +61

We present fourteen TESS Objects of Interest (TOIs) from the SOPHIE-TESS follow-up program. Combining TESS photometry, SOPHIE radial velocities (RVs), ground-based photometry, and…

astro-ph.EP2026

Refined parameters, formation, and dynamical stability of the wild exoplanet system K2-312=HD 80653

L. Naponiello, E. Poretti, K. Rice +24

The architecture of planetary systems hosting ultra-short-period (USP) planets is a key diagnostic for understanding formation and migration scenarios. The presence of outer giant…

astro-ph.EP2026

Following up the Kepler field with PLATO: Transit Timing Performance

Morgan A. Mitchell, James McCormac, Don Pollacco +11

The European Space Agency is set to launch PLATO, the third medium-class mission of its Cosmic Vision programme, in early 2027. Using the transit method, PLATO is expected to detec…

astro-ph.EP2026

An Ultra-Short Period Super-Earth and a Sub-Neptune Orbiting the K dwarf TOI-4311

Yoshi Nike Emilia Eschen, Thomas G. Wilson, Andrew Collier Cameron +95

We report the discovery and characterisation of the multi-planetary system around TOI-4311, a K dwarf kinematically between the Galactic thick disk and Hercules stream. TOI-4311 ho…

astro-ph.SR2026

Variability classification of TESS targets in LOPS2, the first long-term pointing field of PLATO. Version 1 of the public variability catalogue

Mykyta Kliapets, Pablo Huijse, Jeroen Audenaert +28

The PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars (PLATO) mission is expected to launch in January 2027. A total of 8\% of its data rate will be dedicated to complementary science t…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 2 cited

Assessment of PLATO Science Performance

Juan Cabrera, Heike Rauer, Reza Samadi +121

The PLATO mission is scheduled for launch early 2027. In this paper we present an overview of the performance drivers for the mission at the time where all flight models of the cam…

astro-ph.EP2026

Constraining Small Planet Compositions for Future Missions

Larissa Palethorpe, Annelies Mortier, Jo Ann Egger +14

Accurate mass and radius measurements of small transiting exoplanets are essential for probing their compositions, formation histories, and potential habitability. We present a uni…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 2 cited

TIC-65910228 b / NGTS-38 b, a 180 day transiting warm super-Jupiter

Toby Rodel, Solène Ulmer-Moll, Samuel Gill +63

We present the discovery of TIC-65910228 b / NGTS-38 b, a giant exoplanet with a radius of R and a mass of M on a long-…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

Mass estimates of the young TOI-451 transiting planets: Multidimensional Gaussian Process on stellar spectroscopic and photometric signals

Oscar Barragán, Manuel Mallorquín, Jorge Fernández-Fernández +30

The young TOI-451 planetary system, aged 125 Myr, provides a unique opportunity to test theories of planetary internal structures and atmospheric mass loss through examination of i…

astro-ph.EP2025

Searching for Exoplanets Born Outside the Milky Way: VOYAGERS Survey Design

Robert Aloisi, Andrew Vanderburg, Melinda Soares-Furtado +44

Observations over the past few decades have found that planets are common around nearby stars in our Galaxy, but little is known about planets that formed outside the Milky Way. We…

astro-ph.EP2025

An Ultra-Short Period Super-Earth and Sub-Neptune Spanning the Radius Valley Orbiting the Kinematic Thick Disk Star TOI-2345

Yoshi Nike Emilia Eschen, Thomas G. Wilson, Andrea Bonfanti +94

A crucial chemical link between stars and their orbiting exoplanets is thought to exist. If universal, this connection could affect the formation and evolution of all planets. Ther…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

LEO-Vetter: Fully Automated Flux- and Pixel-Level Vetting of TESS Planet Candidates to Support Occurrence Rates

Michelle Kunimoto, Steve Bryson, Drayson Jaffee +7

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has identified several thousand planet candidates orbiting a wide variety of stars, and has provided an exciting opportunity for de…

astro-ph.EP2025

Improved characterization of the TOI-2141 system: a dense sub-Neptune with non-transiting inner and outer companions

R. Luque, K. W. F. Lam, J. Cabrera +87

We aim to refine the fundamental parameters of the TOI-2141 planetary system, which includes a transiting sub-Neptune orbiting a Sun-like star in a relatively long orbit of 18.26 d…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 2 cited

The mass of the exo-Venus Gliese 12 b, as revealed by HARPS-N, ESPRESSO, and CARMENES

Daisy A. Turner, Yoshi Nike Emilia Eschen, Felipe Murgas +60

Small temperate planets are prime targets for exoplanet studies due to their possible similarities with the rocky planets in the Solar System. M dwarfs are promising hosts since th…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 5 cited

NGTS-EB-7, an eccentric, long-period, low-mass eclipsing binary

Toby Rodel, Christopher. A. Watson, Solène Ulmer-Moll +35

Despite being the most common types of stars in the Galaxy, the physical properties of late M dwarfs are often poorly constrained. A trend of radius inflation compared to evolution…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 2 cited

Viewing the PLATO LOPS2 Field Through the Lenses of TESS

Yoshi Nike Emilia Eschen, Daniel Bayliss, Thomas G. Wilson +3

PLATO will begin observing stars in its Southern Field (LOPS2) after its launch in late 2026. By this time, TESS will have observed the stars in LOPS2 for at least four years. We f…

astro-ph.EP2024

9 new M Dwarf Planet Candidates from TESS Including 5 Gas Giants

Yoshi Nike Emilia Eschen, Michelle Kunimoto

We present the detection of 9 new planet candidates orbiting M dwarfs, identified using an independent search and vetting pipeline applied to TESS Full-Frame Image (FFI) data from…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 13 cited

The PLATO Mission

Heike Rauer, Conny Aerts, Juan Cabrera +842

PLATO (PLAnetary Transits and Oscillations of stars) is ESA's M3 mission designed to detect and characterise extrasolar planets and perform asteroseismic monitoring of a large numb…