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Poster Abstracts - Kepler - NASA

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POSTER ABSTRACTSP1009. POSTER SESSION IIEChO: an exoplanetary mission under studyK. G. Isaak 1 , the EChO study science team ( P. Drossart 2 , O. Krause 3 , C. Lovis 4 , M. Ollivier 5 , I. Ribas 6 , I. Snellen 7 ,B. Swinyard 8 , G.Tinetti 9 ) and the ESA EChO study team (L. Puig 10 , I. Escudero Sanz 11 ,P-E. Crouzet 12 , D. Martin 13 ,N. Rando 14 )1 ESA/ESTEC, <strong>Kepler</strong>laan 1, Noordwijk 2201-AZ, Netherlands: kate.isaak@esa.int , 2 LESIA, France:pierre.drossart@obspm.fr , 3 MPIA, Germany: krause@mpia.de , 4 Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université deGenève, Switzerland: christophe.lovis@unige.ch , 5 IAS, France; marc.ollivier@ias.u-psud.fr , 6 CSIC/IEEC, Spain:iribas@ice.csic.es , 7 Leiden University, Netherlands: snellen@strw.leidenuniv.nl, 8 RAL, UK:bruce.swinyard@stfc.ac.uk, 9 University College London, UK: g.tinetti@ucl.ac.uk , 10 ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands:ludovic.puig@esa.int , 11 ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands: isabel.escudero.sanz@esa.int, 12 ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands:pierre-elie.crouzet@esa.int, 13 ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands: didier.martin@esa.int, 14 ESA/ESTEC, Netherlands:nicola.rando@esa.int.Introduction:The Exoplanet Characterization Observatory (EChO)is a medium class mission under study within theframework of the Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 progam ofthe European Space Agency. It is one of four candidatescurrently competing for the M3 launch slot in the2020-2022 timeframe. EChO will be dedicated to, andoptimized for, transit spectroscopy, and will characterisethe atmospheres of exoplanets ranging from hotJupiters down to more temperate, super Earths throughmeasurement of transmission, reflection and absorptionspectra covering the 0.4 - 16 micron wavelengthrange.In this poster we outline the primary science goalsof the EChO mission, detail the high-level science requirementsnecessary to achieve these goals and presenta preliminary mission reference concept that hasbeen developed during a recent assessment activitywithin the ESA Concurrent Design Facility.2122011 <strong>Kepler</strong> Science Conference - <strong>NASA</strong> Ames Research Center

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