Habitable Planet Searches around Red Dwarfs: Ground and Space

Motohide Tamura

Presentation information

[EE] Oral

B (Biogeosciences) » B-AO Astrobiology & the Origin of Life

[B-AO01] [EE] Astrobiology: Origins, Evolution, Distribution of Life

Wed. May 24, 2017 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM 201B (International Conference Hall 2F)

convener:Kensei Kobayashi(Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University), Masatoshi Ohishi(Astronomy Data Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Hikaru Yabuta(Hiroshima University, Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science), Joseph Kirschvink(Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA), Chairperson:Masatoshi Ohishi(Astronomy Data Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Chairperson:Hikaru Yabuta(Hiroshima University)

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

[BAO01-01] Habitable Planet Searches around Red Dwarfs: Ground and Space

★Invited papers

*Motohide Tamura¹ (1.The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science)

Keywords:exoplanet, IRD, TESS, habitable planet

Red dwarfs or M-type stars are the most abundant stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Therefore, the Earth-like small planet searches around red dwarfs, in particular the habitable Earth-like planet searches, are one of the most important topics in astrobiology. In this talk, I will introduce such searches with ground-based facilities like Subaru/IRD and those with space-based facilities like TESS mission. Then I will outline the future characterization plan of the targets discovered by these projects.