[Interview] Can PLATO Be The Mission To Finally Find Earth 2.0?

Universe Today Podcast

The quest to find an Earth-sized planet around a Sun-like star continues. One of the telescopes that could achieve it is ESA's Plato mission. How will it be able to do it and what should we expect from it? Finding out it this interview.

🟣 Guest: Dr. David Brown
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/astro/people/dbrown/

🔭 Plato Telescope:
https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Plato

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• 00:00 Intro
• 02:06 Kepler Telescope
• 06:00 Plato telescope
• 27:33 What will PLATO find
• 35:15 Astroseismology
• 38:39 Follow-ups
• 41:46 A better PLATO
• 46:38 Current obsessions
• 52:39 Final thoughts

📺 VIDEO VERSION
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