TWINKLE - A BRITISH SPACE MISSION TO EXPLORE FARAWAY WORLDS

摘要

Twinkle is a space mission dedicated to the observation of the atmospheres of extrasolar planets (planets orbiting other stars) through the use of optical and infrared spectroscopy. The study of exoplanets has been incredibly successful over the past 20 years: nearly 2000 planets have been discovered in our galaxy, and along these discoveries fundamental parameters such as the planetary mass, size and distance to the parent star have been acquired.