PLANET II: A Microlensing and Transit Search for Extrasolar Planets

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dc.creatorSackett, Penny D.
dc.creatorAlbrow, M. D.
dc.creatorBeaulieu, J. -P.
dc.creatorCaldwell, J. A. R.
dc.creatorCoutures, C.
dc.creatorDominik, M.
dc.creatorGreenhill, J.
dc.creatorHill, K.
dc.creatorHorne, K.
dc.creatorJorgensen, U. -G.
dc.creatorKane, S.
dc.creatorKubas, D.
dc.creatorMartin, R.
dc.creatorMenzies, J. W.
dc.creatorPollard, K. R.
dc.creatorSahu, K. C.
dc.creatorWambsganss, J.
dc.creatorWatson, R.
dc.creatorWilliams, A.
dc.date2002-11-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:06:02Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:06:02Z
dc.descriptionDue to their extremely small luminosity compared to the stars they orbit, planets outside our own Solar System are extraordinarily difficult to detect directly in optical light. Careful photometric monitoring of distant stars, however, can reveal the presence of exoplanets via the microlensing or eclipsing effects they induce. The international PLANET collaboration is performing such monitoring using a cadre of semi-dedicated telescopes around the world. Their results constrain the number of gas giants orbiting 1--7 AU from the most typical stars in the Galaxy. Upgrades in the program are opening regions of ``exoplanet discovery space'' -- toward smaller masses and larger orbital radii -- that are inaccessible to the Doppler velocity technique.
dc.description5 pages, 3 figures. (To appear in) Bioastronomy 2002: Life Among the Stars, IAU Symposium 213, eds. R. Norris, C. Oliver and F. Stootman, ASP, 2003
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0211098
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0211098
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/5290
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titlePLANET II: A Microlensing and Transit Search for Extrasolar Planets
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