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A Model for Estimating the Number of Stars for which Terrestrial Planets can be Detected Using Transits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2017

David Koch
David Koch*
Affiliation:
NASA Ames Research Center, MS245-6, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA

Abstract

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Borucki & Summers (1984) have suggested that extrasolar terrestrial planets can be detected by looking for transits. A discussion is presented of a model used to estimate the number and distance of stars for which planets can be detected as a function of spectral type and luminosity class, apparent brightness, planetary size and orbit, and realistic noise sources that must be considered. A choice for an optimum location of the field to search is described given the realistic constraints of a space mission and maximizing the number of available stars.

Type
Extrasolar Planets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 213: Bioastronomy 2002: Life Among the stars , 2004 , pp. 85 - 88
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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