150 likes | 282 Views
Recall the Doppler Method. The doppler method of finding planets. Allows multiple planets to be discovered. Water Found in system!. Is this Pandora?. Credit: John Whatmough (Extrasolar Visions). First image of extra solar planet (5M J ). So what have we found So Far?.
E N D
Recall the Doppler Method The doppler method of finding planets
Is this Pandora? Credit: John Whatmough (Extrasolar Visions)
So what have we found So Far? 174 Planets with Semi Major axis less than 0.4 AU (Mercury/sun distance) 42 Planets with Semi Major axis between 0.4 AU and 0.85 (inside sol’s life zone) 65 Planets with Semi Major axis between 0.85 AU and 1.4 (inside sol’s life zone) 140 Planets with Semi Major axis 1.4 AU and 640 AU But this isn’t the whole story!
Note: Me= .003 Mj Planets near dwarf stars?
A super Earth? Gliese 876d Star M3 15 lyrs Dist= .02 AU M = 7 ME Gliese 876 b,c in 2:1 orbital resonance
Search for Earth like Planets! • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Kcw0UrIFI&feature=fvw
Earth like planets? Gliese 581e 3.5 ME • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJXSSYyIVqw&feature=related • From NatGeo
Project Kepler • Goal is to find terrestrial planets.. • Views same group of stars continuously • It works! • http://www.kepler.arc.nasa.gov/
Where to get more info? • Future missions • Summary of results • How you can participate • NASA Planet Quest http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov