Using All-Sky Surveys to Find Planetary Transits
| dc.creator | Pepper, Joshua | |
| dc.creator | Gould, Andrew | |
| dc.creator | Depoy, D. L. | |
| dc.date | 2002-08-01 | |
| dc.date | 2003-12-10 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T02:04:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T02:04:32Z | |
| dc.description | Transits of bright stars offer a unique opportunity to study detailed properties of extrasolar planets that cannot be determined through radial-velocity observations. We propose a new technique to find such systems using all-sky small-aperture transit surveys. We derive a general formula for the number of stars that can be probed for such systems as a function of the characteristics of the star, the planet, and the survey. We use this formula to derive the optimal telescope design for finding transits of bright stars: a 5 cm ``telescope'' with a 4k x 4k camera. | |
| dc.description | Published version, with revisions due to reviewer suggestions, 19 pages including 2 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0208042 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0208042 | |
| dc.identifier | Acta Astron., 53, 213. (2003) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/4794 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Using All-Sky Surveys to Find Planetary Transits | |
| dc.type | text |