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The following is a list of exoplanet search projects .
Ground-based search projects [ edit ]
Space missions [ edit ]
Past and current [ edit ]
Name
Launch date
End date
Number of exoplanets found
Current candidates
Telescope use
MOST
June 20, 2003
Ongoing
1+
0
First spacecraft dedicated to the study of asteroseismology
EPOXI
July 21, 2005
August 8, 2013
0
0
Characterized planets and fly-by of comet
SWEEPS
2006
2006
16
0
Based from the HST , a short 7 day mission looking for exoplanets
COROT
December 27, 2006
November 2, 2012
29
600
Mission to look for exoplanets
Kepler
March 7, 2009
August 15, 2013
2,331
2,365
Mission to look for large numbers of exoplanets
K2
November 18, 2013
October 30, 2018
178
520 (+627 microlensing events )
After the reaction wheels failed on Kepler , this mission was created
Gaia
December 19, 2013
Ongoing
0
0
Map 1 billion astronomical objects in the Milky Way (First data Release November 2, 2016)
ASTERIA
November 2017
Ongoing
0
0
CubeSat , technology demonstrator
TESS
April 18, 2018
Ongoing
0
0
To search for new exoplanets; rotating so by the end of its two-year mission it will have observed stars from all over the sky. It is expected to find at least 3,000 new exoplanets.
2,555 (3,431 Total)[24]
3,485
Planned [ edit ]
Name
Launch date
Mission objectives
Duration
CHEOPS
2019[25]
To learn more about how exoplanets form, probe atmospheres, and characterize super-Earths. 20% of time will be open to community use.[26]
3.5 (+ 1.5 goal) years
JWST
May 2020 (Ariane 5)
To study atmospheres of known exoplanets and find some Jupiter-sized exoplanets
5 (+ 5 goal) years
PLATO
2026 (Soyuz-ST)
To search for and characterize rocky planets around stars like our own.
4 (+4 goal) years
ARIEL
2028 (Ariane 6-2)
Observe exoplanets using the transit method, study and characterise the planets' chemical composition and thermal structures
4 years
WFIRST
Mid-2020s
To search for and study exoplanets while studying dark matter . It is expected to find about 2,500 planets.
6 years
Proposed [ edit ]
Canceled [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ "Mt. Hamilton Telescopes: Carnegie Double Astrograph" . www.ucolick.org . Retrieved 2016-07-08 .
^ "carmenes" . carmenes . Retrieved 2018-06-08 .
^ The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs - HD 147379b: A nearby Neptune in the temperate zone of an early-M dwarf . arXiv.org . July 19, 2018
^ The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. First visual-channel radial-velocity measurements and orbital parameter updates of seven M-dwarf planetary systems . arXiv.org . July 19, 2018
^ The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs: The warm super-Earths in twin orbits around the mid-type M dwarfs Ross 1020 (GJ 3779) and LP 819-052 (GJ 1265) . arXiv.org . October 21, 2018
^ "E-ELT" . www.eelt.org.uk . Retrieved 2016-07-08 .
^ webteam@eso.org. "ESO - The European ELT" . www.eso.org . Retrieved 2016-07-08 .
^ webteam@eso.org. "ESO - Espresso" . www.eso.org . Retrieved 2016-07-08 .
^ F., Pepe; P., Molaro; S., Cristiani; R., Rebolo; C., Santos, N.; H., Dekker; D., Mégevand; M., Zerbi, F.; A., Cabral (2014-01-23). "ESPRESSO: The next European exoplanet hunter". arXiv :1401.5918 [astro-ph.IM ].
^ https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1606/1606.04413.pdf EXPRES: A Next Generation RV Spectrograph in the Search for Earth-like Worlds
^ "FINDS Exo-Earths" . www.planetary.org . Retrieved 2016-07-08 .
^ "Planet Imager » About" . planetimager.org . Retrieved 2016-07-08 .
^ webteam@eso.org. "ESO - HARPS" . www.eso.org . Retrieved 2016-07-08 .
^ "HATNet / Planets" . hatnet.org . Retrieved 8 June 2018 .
^ "HATSouth / Planets" . hatsouth.org . Retrieved 8 June 2018 .
^ Next Generation Transit Survey Finds its First Planet, NGTS-1b . Sci Tech Daily . October 31, 2017
^ Unmasking the hidden NGTS-3Ab: a hot Jupiter in an unresolved binary system . arXiv.org . June 8, 2018
^ NGTS-2b: An inflated hot-Jupiter transiting a bright F-dwarf . arXiv.org . June 8, 2018
^ "SOPHIE" . exoplanets.ch . Retrieved 2016-07-08 .
^ https://arxiv.org/pdf/1806.11205.pdf SPECULOOS: a network of robotic telescopes to hunt for terrestrial planets around the nearest ultracool dwarfs
^ Thalmann, Christian; Carson, Joseph; Janson, Markus; Goto, Miwa; McElwain, Michael; Egner, Sebastian; Feldt, Markus; Hashimoto, Jun; Hayano, Yutaka (2009-12-20). "Discovery of the Coldest Imaged Companion of a Sun-Like Star". The Astrophysical Journal . 707 (2): L123–L127. arXiv :0911.1127 . Bibcode :2009ApJ...707L.123T . doi :10.1088/0004-637X/707/2/L123 . ISSN 0004-637X .
^ "WASP Planets" . WASP Planets . Retrieved 2018-07-19 .
^ Schmid, H. M.; Gisler, D.; Joos, F.; Povel, H. P.; Stenflo, J. O.; Feldt, M.; Lenzen, R.; Brandner, W.; Tinbergen, J. (2005-12-01). "ZIMPOL/CHEOPS: a Polarimetric Imager for the Direct Detection of Extra-solar Planets". Astronomical Polarimetry: Current Status and Future Directions . 343 : 89. Bibcode :2005ASPC..343...89S .
^ "Exoplanet Archive Planet Counts" . exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu . Retrieved 2016-12-18 .
^ "CHEOPS EXOPLANET MISSION MEETS KEY MILESTONES EN ROUTE TO 2017 LAUNCH" .
^ "Objectives" . sci.esa.int . Retrieved 2016-06-12 .
Ground-based Space missions
Past Current Planned Proposed Cancelled