COROT update
Artist's impression of COROT
Following an anomaly that occurred on 8 March this year, COROT has resumed scientific observations at the beginning of April.
The satellite is now using its second chain of light detectors; the first chain is not being used for now. Experts are currently investigating the reasons for the anomaly on the first chain.
In the meantime, COROT began a new observation campaign on 7 April, to study the LRcO3 star field located in the constellation Serpens Cauda. The satellite will keep an eye out for planets transiting in front of their parent stars.
Related links
- Searching for exoplanets
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT - Newly discovered planet could hold water
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT/Newly_discovered_planet_could_hold_water - COROT update
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT/COROT_update - COROT discovers smallest exoplanet yet, with a surface to walk on
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT/COROT_discovers_smallest_exoplanet_yet_with_a_surface_to_walk_on - COROT discovery stirs exoplanet classification rethink
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT/COROT_discovery_stirs_exoplanet_classification_rethink - COROT finds exoplanet orbiting Sun-like star
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT/COROT_finds_exoplanet_orbiting_Sun-like_star - ESA‘s roadmap to Earth-like planets
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT/ESA_s_roadmap_to_Earth-like_planets - Exoplanet hunt update
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT/Exoplanet_hunt_update - COROT surprises a year after launch
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT/COROT_surprises_a_year_after_launch - COROT discovers its first exoplanet and catches scientists by surprise
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT/COROT_discovers_its_first_exoplanet_and_catches_scientists_by_surprise - How many planets are outside our Solar System?
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/How_many_planets_are_outside_our_Solar_System - How to find an extrasolar planet
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/How_to_find_an_extrasolar_planet - Planet discoverer: An interview with Didier Queloz
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Planet_discoverer_An_interview_with_Didier_Queloz - How do 'waterworlds' form?
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT/How_do_waterworlds_form - Searching for planets with life
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/COROT/Searching_for_planets_with_life - COROT in depth
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