Engaging citizen scientists to keep transit times fresh and ensure the efficient use of transiting exoplanet characterization missions

Robert Zellem; Anya Biferno; David R. Ciardi; Mary Dussault; Laura Peticolas; Martin Fowler; Kyle A. Pearson; Wilfred Gee; Rachel Zimmerman-Brachman; Denise Smith; Lynn Cominsky; Gael M. Roudier; Brandon Lawton; Robert Baer; Diana Dragomir; Nemanja Jovanovic; Marc Kuchner; Frank Sienkiewicz; Josh Walawender

Engaging citizen scientists to keep transit times fresh and ensure the efficient use of transiting exoplanet characterization missions

Robert Zellem, Anya Biferno, David R. Ciardi, Mary Dussault, Laura Peticolas, Martin Fowler, Kyle A. Pearson, Wilfred Gee, Rachel Zimmerman-Brachman, Denise Smith, Lynn Cominsky, Gael M. Roudier, Brandon Lawton, Robert Baer, Diana Dragomir, Nemanja Jovanovic, Marc Kuchner, Frank Sienkiewicz, Josh Walawender

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This white paper advocates for the creation of a community-wide program to maintain precise mid-transit times of exoplanets that would likely be targeted by future exoplanet characterization platforms. Given the numerous targets that will require careful monitoring, this network will initially be devised as a citizen science project.

Original language	English
Article number	416
Number of pages	6
Journal	Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
Volume	51
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2019

Keywords

Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics, Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Exoplanet survey
exoplanets

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Zellem, R., Biferno, A., Ciardi, D. R., Dussault, M., Peticolas, L., Fowler, M., Pearson, K. A., Gee, W., Zimmerman-Brachman, R., Smith, D., Cominsky, L., Roudier, G. M., Lawton, B., Baer, R., Dragomir, D., Jovanovic, N., Kuchner, M., Sienkiewicz, F., & Walawender, J. (2019). Engaging citizen scientists to keep transit times fresh and ensure the efficient use of transiting exoplanet characterization missions. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 51(3), Article 416.

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Engaging citizen scientists to keep transit times fresh and ensure the efficient use of transiting exoplanet characterization missions

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