TESS Mission

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:space_mission
gptkbp:analysis interactive tools
machine learning techniques
gptkbp:archives gptkb:Mikulski_Archive_for_Space_Telescopes
gptkbp:collaboration gptkb:European_Space_Agency
gptkbp:collaborative_projects TESS Follow-up Observing Program
gptkbp:collaborator gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:MIT
gptkb:NASA_Ames_Research_Center
gptkbp:collection continuous monitoring
gptkbp:community gptkb:astronomy
gptkbp:community_engagement TESS Citizen Science Project
gptkbp:community_outreach educational initiatives
gptkbp:conference TESS Science Conference
gptkbp:country over 2000
gptkbp:data_type photometric data
light curves
gptkbp:data_usage research publications
gptkbp:events ground-based telescopes
gptkbp:exoplanet_candidates over 500
gptkbp:focus transiting exoplanets
gptkbp:funding NASA budget
gptkbp:future_plans extended mission phases
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label TESS Mission
gptkbp:image_processing NASA's TESS Science Office
gptkbp:impact advancing exoplanet research
gptkbp:instruments gptkb:camera
gptkbp:launch_date April 18, 2018
gptkbp:launch_vehicle gptkb:Space_X_Falcon_9
gptkbp:launched gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:legacy TESS Catalog of Exoplanets
gptkbp:lighting July 25, 2018
gptkbp:mission gptkb:NASA's_Goddard_Space_Flight_Center
active
gptkbp:mission_duration 2 years
gptkbp:mission_type exoplanet survey
gptkbp:notable_work Earth-sized planets in habitable zones
gptkbp:number_of_films gptkb:4
gptkbp:objective discover exoplanets
gptkbp:observing_seasons gptkb:26
gptkbp:observing_strategy two-year survey
gptkbp:orbit_type highly elliptical orbit
gptkbp:planetary_systems_studied various star types
gptkbp:publications peer-reviewed journals
gptkbp:reign 13.7 days
gptkbp:released publicly available
gptkbp:research transit photometry
gptkbp:science_team gptkb:international_collaboration
gptkbp:scientific_goals characterize exoplanet atmospheres
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Kepler_Space_Telescope
gptkbp:targeted_stars_count approximately 200,000
gptkbp:targets bright stars
gptkbp:view 24 degrees
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NASA's_Solar_System_Exploration_Division
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7