... planets

New planet discoveries may have been announced since the manuscript was sent to the editors.

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... background

The 300 K background is the major source of noise at 10 $\mu$m on the Earth (for the demonstration experiment) or in its neighbourhood. This problem is less critical for DARWIN because the observatory will be located in space where a 40 K environment should be reached.

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