https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20101106005
Improving Transit Predictions of Known Exoplanets with TERMS
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NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, Caltech, Pasadena, CA, 91125, USA
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Dept of Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN, 37209, USA
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Dept of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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Dept of Physics & Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 19081, USA
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UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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Dept of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
Transiting planet discoveries have largely been restricted to the short-period or low-periastron distance regimes due to the bias inherent in the geometric transit probability. Through the refinement of planetary orbital parameters, and hence reducing the size of transit windows, long-period planets become feasible targets for photometric follow-up. Here we describe the TERMS project that is monitoring these host stars at predicted transit times.
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