Exoplanet Group

Image: Photos of Observatories by Laurie Hatch

Some of the major research projects the Exoplanet Group are currently working on include:

 

N2K: The search for the next 2000 "Hot Jupiters"

 

Spectroscopic Analysis: An online version of tables 8 and 9 of Valent & Fischer, 2005, ApJS 159, 141.

 

Lick Planet Search: Using the Lick Observatory to search for planets.

 

Automated Planet Finder (APF): A robotic telescope in the works at Lick Observatory that will be used solely for the detection of extrasolar planets.

 

Alpha Centauri: The formation and detectability of terrestial planets around Alpha Centauri B.

 

The search for hot Neptunes.

 

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