This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product Exoplanet targets for CHEOPS mission, illustration. CHEOPS, the
This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product Exoplanet targets for CHEOPS mission, illustration. CHEOPS, the Characterising Exoplanet Satellite(lower left), is scheduled for launch in late 2019, and from Earth orbit will make precise measurements of planets known to be orbiting around nearby bright stars. It will focus particularly on stars with Earth-sized to Neptune-sized planets. By determining the size of the planet, and combining this with known measurements of the planets' masses, CHEOPS will allow the density of the planet to be estimated, and therefore enable a first step towards characterising the nature of these planets, from lava worlds to rocky Earth-like planets, to gas planets or even ocean worlds. The planets and Sun-like star depicted here are among the possible targets that might be studied by CHEOPS.
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