TESS
English
Proper noun
TESS
- Initialism of Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, a planned space telescope for NASA's Explorers program.
- 2023 November 29, Ashley Strickland, “Astronomers discover nearby six-planet solar system with ‘pristine configuration’”, in CNN[1]:
- The dedicated time Cheops spent observing the star helped astronomers iron out the mixed signals from the TESS data to determine how many planets were crossing in front of the star and the resonance of their orbits.
Derived terms
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite