Discovery and Study of Nearby Habitable Planets with Mesolensing
| dc.creator | Di Stefano, Rosanne | |
| dc.creator | Night, Christopher | |
| dc.date | 2008-01-09 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T08:53:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T08:53:36Z | |
| dc.description | We demonstrate that gravitational lensing can be used to discover and study planets in the habitable zones of nearby dwarf stars. If appropriate software is developed, a new generation of monitoring programs will automatically conduct a census of nearby planets in the habitable zones of dwarf stars. In addition, individual nearby dwarf stars can produce lensing events at predictable times; careful monitoring of these events can discover any planets located in the zone of habitability. Because lensing can discover planets (1) in face-on orbits, and (2) in orbit around the dimmest stars, lensing techniques will provide complementary information to that gleaned through Doppler and/or transit investigations. The ultimate result will be a comprehensive understanding of the variety of systems with conditions similar to those that gave rise to life on Earth. | |
| dc.description | 12 pages, 3 figures, 1 table | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/0801.1510 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.1510 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/145681 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Discovery and Study of Nearby Habitable Planets with Mesolensing | |
| dc.type | text |