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15:30 Challenges in the detection and characterization of low-mass, small size planets in ground-based surveys | Mario Damasso (INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino) @ Aula
Challenges in the detection and characterization of low-mass, small size planets in ground-based surveys | Mario Damasso (INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino) @ Aula
Dec 10 @ 15:30
The race towards the discovery and characterization of terrestrial extrasolar planets, possibly in the habitable zone of their host stars, that recent statistical analyses revealed to have high occurrence rates, represents a scientific adventure rich of great expectations, but also of great challenges. I will address the subject starting from my experience in planet hunting as a collaborator of the