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Giant Transiting Planets Observations GITPO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 May 2006

C. Afonso ,
Th. Henning ,
D. Weldrake ,
T. Mazeh  and
S. Dreizler
C. Afonso
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Germany email: afonso@mpia.de
Th. Henning
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Germany email: afonso@mpia.de
D. Weldrake
Affiliation:
Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Germany email: afonso@mpia.de
T. Mazeh
Affiliation:
Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel email: mazeh@wise.tau.ac.il
S. Dreizler
Affiliation:
Institut für Astrophysik, Universität Göttingen, D-370077 Göttingen, Germany email: dreizler@astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de
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Abstract

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The search for extrasolar planets is nowadays one of the most promising science drivers in Astronomy. The radial velocity technique proved to be successful in planet hunting, harvesting more than a hundred planets to date. In these last recent years, the transit method has come to fruition, with the detection of seven Jupiter-mass extrasolar transiting planets in close-in orbits (${<}0.05$ AU). Currently, the radius of planets can only be determined from transiting planets, representing the principal motivation and strength of this technique. The MPIA is presently building the Large Area Imager (LAIWO) for the 1m telescope in the Wise Observatory, Israel. LAIWO will have a field of view of one square degree. An intensive search for extra-solar planets will be performed with the 1m Wise telescope, together with the 1.2m MONET telescope in Texas. We will monitor three fields at a given time during three years and more than 200 nights per year. We expect several dozens of extra-solar planets.

Keywords

instrumentation: detectorstechniques : image processingstars: planetary systems
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 1 , Colloquium C200: Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science & Techniques , October 2005 , pp. 79 - 82
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© 2006 International Astronomical Union