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Exoplanets

Using NASA data to determine if observation indicates that an exoplanet was located

Discovering exoplanets is approached with several techniques:

  • Astrometry (1) - star wobbles compared to nearby stars
  • Disk Kinematics (1) - looking for gaps in material around star (where it collected into an object
  • Eclipse Timing Variations (16) - a binary star system where eclipsing has variation due to other object(s)
  • Imaging (50) - removing the star's light from the image to find what remains
  • Microlensing (96) - light from the star is gravitationally bent
  • Orbital Brightness Modulation (6) - the brightness of the star changes because of reflected light off object
  • Pulsar Timing (7) - slight regular variation in pulsar bursts due to other objects
  • Pulsation Timing Variations (2) - Doppler shift in bursts from a pulsar
  • Radial Velocity (810) - star's motion displays a wobble
  • Transit (3191) - an object block some of the star's light
  • Transit Timing Variations (21) - measuring variations in the transit times to detect other objects

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exoplanet_search_projects
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagittarius_Window_Eclipsing_Extrasolar_Planet_Search
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoRoT#List_of_planets_discovered
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transiting_Exoplanet_Survey_Satellite
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHEOPS

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