The ARIEL mission reference sample

Zingales, Tiziano, Tinetti, Giovanna, Pillitteri, Ignazio, Leconte, Jérémy, Micela, Giuseppina and Sarkar, Subhajit 2018. The ARIEL mission reference sample. Experimental Astronomy 46 (1) , pp. 67-100. 10.1007/s10686-018-9572-7

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Abstract

The ARIEL (Atmospheric Remote-sensing Exoplanet Large-survey) mission concept is one of the three M4 mission candidates selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) for a Phase A study, competing for a launch in 2026. ARIEL has been designed to study the physical and chemical properties of a large and diverse sample of exoplanets and, through those, understand how planets form and evolve in our galaxy. Here we describe the assumptions made to estimate an optimal sample of exoplanets – including already known exoplanets and expected ones yet to be discovered – observable by ARIEL and define a realistic mission scenario. To achieve the mission objectives, the sample should include gaseous and rocky planets with a range of temperatures around stars of different spectral type and metallicity. The current ARIEL design enables the observation of ∼1000 planets, covering a broad range of planetary and stellar parameters, during its four year mission lifetime. This nominal list of planets is expected to evolve over the years depending on the new exoplanet discoveries.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Physics and Astronomy
Publisher:	Springer
ISSN:	0922-6435
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	6 April 2018
Date of Acceptance:	9 January 2018
Last Modified:	23 May 2023 16:35
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/110278

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