Following up the Kepler field with PLATO: Transit Timing Performance

arXiv:2606.19685 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-06-18 · Read on arXiv

Morgan A. Mitchell, James McCormac, Don Pollacco, Emmanuel Grolleau, Nicholas Jannsen, Daniel R. Reese, Réza Samadi, Yoshi Nike Emilia Eschen, Ioannis Apergis, James A. Blake, David J. A. Brown, Lauren Doyle, Isobel S. Lockley, Lixian Shen

Centre for Exoplanets and Habitability, University of Warwick, UK · Centre for Space Domain Awareness, University of Warwick, UK · Centre for Space Domain Awareness, University of Warwick, UK · LIRA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CY Cergy Paris Université, CNRS, France · Institute for Astronomy, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium · LIRA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CY Cergy Paris Université, CNRS, France · LIRA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CY Cergy Paris Université, CNRS, France · Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Santa Cruz de la Palma, Spain · Centre for Space Domain Awareness, University of Warwick, UK · Centre for Space Domain Awareness, University of Warwick, UK · Centre for Exoplanets and Habitability, University of Warwick, UK · Centre for Exoplanets and Habitability, University of Warwick, UK · Centre for Exoplanets and Habitability, University of Warwick, UK · Centre for Exoplanets and Habitability, University of Warwick, UK

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-06-18

Comments: 12 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS

Project page: https://www.cosmos.esa.int/plato

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Aperture — 30× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture Photometry — 14× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• European Space Agency — 3× in this paper
• Accuracy — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alignment — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Benchmark — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Metallicity — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Non-Gaussianity — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• PLATO Mission Consortium — 1× in this paper

Sources

• Assessment of PLATO Science Performance
• The NASA Exoplanet Archive and Exoplanet Follow-up Observing Program: Data, Tools, and Usage
• TESS Input Catalog versions 8.1 and 8.2: Phantoms in the 8.0 Catalog and How to Handle Them
• The Value of Systems with Multiple Transiting Planets

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