Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LE140100050
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Minerva: a dedicated exoplanet observatory. Minerva: a dedicated exoplanet observatory: Low-mass planets are extremely common, but the ability to characterise them in detail is severely limited by the availability of telescope time. The Minerva project, led by Harvard, is a dedicated multi-telescope facility which will be able to intensely monitor nearby bright stars for the small radial-velocity "wobbles" due to orbiting terrestrial planets. This project will purchase a telescope for the Minerva array. This innovative facility will give Australian exoplanetary scientists a privileged position in this new research. The arrangement will give the Australian and US partners exclusive access to the observational data on the smallest planets orbiting the nearest stars.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2014
End Date: 12-2014
Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
Funding Amount: $151,962.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems | Astronomical and Space Sciences
