Searching for Extrasolar Planets

Home Introduction Methods Results Conclusion Bibliography

Welcome to the homepage for my "Searching for Extra-Solar Planets" Project.  I have broken it down into 5 different pages.  Each page corresponds to the section headings found in the outline below.  Click on any section heading to open that page. I suggest starting with the introduction. Each page contains links that will allow you to "page" back and forth through the pages. 

Introduction

Observation Methods

Radial Velocities
Astrometric Displacement
Doppler Shift
Transits
What Do They Tell Us?
Size of Orbit
Minimum Mass of Planet
Shape of Planet's Orbit
Size of Planet Relative to Star
Radius of Orbit

What Have We Found?

Summary of Results to Date
Challenges to "Conventional Wisdom"
"Jupiters" Found Inside 3AU
Highly Eccentric Orbits
Can We Detect Solar System " Look Alikes?

Where Do We Go From Here?

Microlensing
Nulling Interferometry
Space-Based Observations
HST Transits
HST ACS
Darwin
NGST
Conclusion

Bibliography


This site was created in fulfillment of SAO course requirements 
for HET606, Semester 2, 2000 by Dennis Ward.

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