Iuzzolino, Marcella
(2017)
Spaceborne multiband optical sensor for exoplanet detection onboard small satellite.
[Tesi di dottorato]
| Item Type: |
Tesi di dottorato
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| Lingua: |
English |
| Title: |
Spaceborne multiband optical sensor for exoplanet detection onboard small satellite |
| Creators: |
| Creators | Email |
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| Iuzzolino, Marcella | marcella.iuzzolino@gmail.com |
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| Date: |
10 April 2017 |
| Number of Pages: |
93 |
| Institution: |
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II |
| Department: |
Ingegneria Industriale |
| Dottorato: |
Ingegneria industriale |
| Ciclo di dottorato: |
29 |
| Coordinatore del Corso di dottorato: |
| nome | email |
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| Grassi, Michele | michele.grassi@unina.it |
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| Tutor: |
| nome | email |
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| Accardo, Domenico | UNSPECIFIED | | Rufino, Giancarlo | UNSPECIFIED |
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| Date: |
10 April 2017 |
| Number of Pages: |
93 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
cubesat, exoplanet, photometry |
| Settori scientifico-disciplinari del MIUR: |
Area 09 - Ingegneria industriale e dell'informazione > ING-IND/05 - Impianti e sistemi aerospaziali |
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| Date Deposited: |
23 Apr 2017 13:27 |
| Last Modified: |
08 Mar 2018 14:46 |
| URI: |
http://www.fedoa.unina.it/id/eprint/11850 |
| DOI: |
10.6093/UNINA/FEDOA/11850 |
Abstract
The search for undiscovered planets outside the solar system is a scientific topic that is rapidly spreading into the astrophysical and engineering communities. In this framework, the design of an innovative payload to detect exoplanets from a nano-sized space platform, like a 3U cubesat, is presented. The selected detection method is photometric transit, and the payload aims to detect flux decrements down to ~0.01% with a precision of 12 ppm. The payload design is also aimed at false positive recognition. The solution consists of a four-facets pyramid on the top of the payload, to allow for measurement redundancy and low-resolution spectral dispersion of the star images. The innovative concept is the use of a small and cheap platform for a relevant astronomical mission. The faintest observable target star has V-magnitude equal to 3.38. The transit of exoplanets orbiting very bright stars has not yet been surveyed photometrically from space, since any observation from a small/medium sized telescope would saturate the detector. This cubesat mission can provide these missing measurements. This work is set up as a demonstrative project to verify the feasibility of the payload concept.
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