How NASA's Newest Planet Hunter Scans the Sky (VIDEO)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

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Animation showing how TESS will observe the sky. TESS will watch each observation sector for at least 27 days, before rotating to the next one, covering first the southern then the northern hemisphere to build a map of 85 percent of the sky. Download in HD formats: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12884

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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