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Oct 2026
Plato benchmark stars I. The initial benchmark sample
The ESA PLATO mission aims to detect and characterise Earth-size exoplanets orbiting bright, late-type stars using high-precision photometry and asteroseismology. Precise stellar parameters of host stars are essential for exoplanet characterisation and model benchmarking. This work defines the PLATO benchmark stars (PB...
T. Merle, P. Maxted, O. Creevey et al.
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