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TESS WILL OBSERVE OVER 85% OF THE SKY IN FULL-FRAME IMAGES (FFIS). THE OVERLAP OF SECTORS NEAR THE ECLIPTIC POLES PROVIDES ~350 DAYS OF COVERAGE IN THE CONTINUOUS VIEWING ZONE (CVZ). THIS IS A VALUABLE PLACE TO SEARCH FOR PLANETS DUE TO THE LONG BASELINE. OVER 100 000 STARS ON THE CANDIDATE TARGET LIST IN THE CVZ WILL NOT HAVE 2-MIN DATA SOME THESE WILL HOST OBSERVABLE TRANSITING EXOPLANETS. WE WILL DISCOVER OVER 200 PLANETS IN THE CVZ USING FFIS AND SWIFTLY ADD THEM TO THE 2-MIN TARGET LIST AS TARGET OF OPPORTUNITIES (TOOS). THE NEW 2-MIN DATA COMBINED WITH FFIS WILL PROVIDE A RICH DATASET TO CONSTRAIN PLANET AND STAR PROPERTIES SEARCH FOR ADDITIONAL PLANETS AND CONSTRAIN PLANET MASSES THROUGH TRANSIT TIMING VARIATIONS. THIS WORK PROVIDES A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE YIELD OF THE MOST VALUABLE PLANETS.

$47,628FY2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

Seti Institute, Mountain View CA

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