Eddington (spacecraft)

The Eddington mission was a European Space Agency (ESA) project that planned to search for Earth-like planets, but was cancelled in 2003.[1] It was named for the noted astronomer Arthur Eddington, who formulated much of the modern theory of stellar atmospheres and stellar structure, popularized Albert Einstein's work in the English language, carried out the first test (gravitational lensing) of the general theory of relativity, and made original contributions to the theory.[2] It was originally planned for operation in 2008, but was delayed. The ESA website now records its status as cancelled.[3]

  1. ^ "Europe Scaling Back". NASA. 6 November 2003. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ^ Dyson, F.W.; Eddington, A.S.; Davidson, C.R. (1920). "A Determination of the Deflection of Light by the Sun's Gravitational Field, from Observations Made at the Solar eclipse of May 29, 1919". Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A. 220 (571–581): 291–333. Bibcode:1920RSPTA.220..291D. doi:10.1098/rsta.1920.0009.
  3. ^ "Eddington overview". ESA. 6 November 2003. Retrieved 28 February 2016.