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Planet hunter readies for launch |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6203161.stm
Monday, 25 December 2006, 22:37 GMT
Planet hunter readies for launch
A mission that will scour space for Earth-like planets is scheduled for
launch on Wednesday.
Corot will be the first spacecraft capable of detecting planets outside
of the Solar System that are just a few times larger than the Earth.
The French-led multinational mission will also help uncover the secrets
of stellar interiors.
Corot will be launched at 1443 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan on the Soyuz-2-1b vehicle.
It will be taken into a polar orbit 827km (514 miles) above the Earth
where it will survey star fields for approximately 2.5 years.
The mission is led by the French space agency, Cnes, which is working
with six international partners: European Space Agency (Esa), Austria,
Spain, Germany, Belgium and Brazil.
"We've been waiting 25 years to get such a mission into space," said Ian
Roxburgh, professor of astronomy at Queen Mary, University of London,
UK, and the Esa member of the Corot scientific committee.
"It will be the first space mission that will be searching for planets
around other stars that are of a similar nature to Earth.
"We should be able to detect them down to about twice the size of
Earth."
He added: "We will also be monitoring a substantial number of stars to
find out what they are like inside and to see how they evolve over
time."
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Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a plethora of splinters.
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| User: "Michelle Malkin" |
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| Title: Re: Planet hunter readies for launch |
25 Dec 2006 08:35:52 PM |
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"stoney" <stoney@the.net> wrote in message
news:t5p0p25qeq7h98iri6qsju1ee1p3ofgd8u@4ax.com...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6203161.stm
Monday, 25 December 2006, 22:37 GMT
Planet hunter readies for launch
A mission that will scour space for Earth-like planets is scheduled for
launch on Wednesday.
Corot will be the first spacecraft capable of detecting planets outside
of the Solar System that are just a few times larger than the Earth.
The French-led multinational mission will also help uncover the secrets
of stellar interiors.
Corot will be launched at 1443 GMT from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan on the Soyuz-2-1b vehicle.
It will be taken into a polar orbit 827km (514 miles) above the Earth
where it will survey star fields for approximately 2.5 years.
The mission is led by the French space agency, Cnes, which is working
with six international partners: European Space Agency (Esa), Austria,
Spain, Germany, Belgium and Brazil.
They'd need a hell of a lot of tugboats to move
Brazil all the way to Europe.
"We've been waiting 25 years to get such a mission into space," said Ian
Roxburgh, professor of astronomy at Queen Mary, University of London,
UK, and the Esa member of the Corot scientific committee.
"It will be the first space mission that will be searching for planets
around other stars that are of a similar nature to Earth.
"We should be able to detect them down to about twice the size of
Earth."
He added: "We will also be monitoring a substantial number of stars to
find out what they are like inside and to see how they evolve over
time."
/end
Good for them! I wish them complete success.
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