Dr. George Ricker, Senior Research Scientist
| Jan/19 | Tue | 02:00PM-02:45PM | Marlar Lounge 37-252 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
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Dr. George Ricker, Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Detector Laboratory, MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, will describe the development program at MIT that led to the successful proposal for TESS (The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite). A long-term goal of TESS and follow-on missions is to find Earth-like planets that are the right distance from their planets' stars to be within the habitable zone where conditions might be suitable for the existence of life.
Sponsor(s): Kavli Institute for Astrophysics & Space Research
Contact: Debbie Meinbresse, 37-241, 617 253-1456, MEINBRES@MIT.EDU