TESS - Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
The Transit Method
The dip in light given out by the star & subsequent measurements based on this data can be used to identify the:
<aside> π Main purpose is to find potentially suitable exoplanets that could house life for follow-up studies using the transit method. Attributes like distance from star, mass & temperature will be useful in determining the suitability of exoplanets/planetary condidates that will/have been discovered
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TESS will create a catalog of thousands of exoplanet candidates using this transit photometry method. After this list has been compiled, the TESS mission will conduct ground-based follow-up observations to confirm that the exoplanets candidates are true exoplanets and not false positives. These ground-based telescopes will collaborate with other ground-based telescopes to measure the masses of the planets. Using the known planet size, orbit and mass, TESS and ground-based follow-up will be able to determine the planetsβ compositions.