Astronomy:List of exoplanet search projects
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The following is a list of exoplanet search projects.
Ground-based search projects
Project name | Status | Number of exoplanets found | Notes |
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Anglo-Australian Planet Search (AAPS) | Active | 28 (as of February 2014) | |
Automated Planet Finder (APF) | Active | 0 | based at the Lick Observatory (also known as the Rocky Planet Finder)[1] |
Carl Sagan Institute | Active | 0 | |
CARMENES[2] | Active | 20+ | based at Calar Alto Observatory |
CORALIE spectrograph | Active | 5 | based at Leonhard Euler Telescope |
East-Asian Planet Search Network (EAPSNET) | Active | 1 | |
ELODIE | Decommissioned | 4 | |
EPICS | Future (2030?) | N/A | based at the E-ELT[3][4] |
ESPRESSO | Active | N/A | based at the VLT[5][6] |
EXPRES | Active | N/A | based at the Lowell Discovery Telescope[7] |
FINDS Exo-Earths | Active | 0 | based at the 3m telescope at Lick Observatory[8] |
Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) | Active | 1 | [9] |
Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search | Active | 1+ | |
High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) | Active | 130+ | [10] |
HARPS-N | Active | 18+[11] | |
HATNet and HATSouth Projects (HAT) | Active | 109 | [12][13] |
Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler (HEK) | Active | 0 (A few candidates, including Kepler-1625 b I) | |
HiCIAO | Active | 0 | |
High Resolution Echelle Spectrometer (HIRES) | Active | 7+[14] | based at the W. M. Keck Observatory |
KELT | Decommissioned[15] | 26[15] | |
Lick–Carnegie Exoplanet Survey (LCES) | Active | 1+ | |
Magellan Planet Search Program | Active | 10+ | |
MARVELS | Active | 1+[16] | |
MASCARA | Active | 5[17] | |
MEarth Project | Active | 3[18] | |
Microlensing Follow-Up Network (MicroFUN) | Merged with PLANET | 10 | |
Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA) | Active | 8 | Mt. John University Observatory |
MINiature Exoplanet Radial Velocity Array (MINERVA) | Active | 0 | |
N2K Consortium | Active | 7 | |
New Mexico Exoplanet Spectroscopic Survey Instrument (NESSI) | Active | 0 | |
Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) | Active | 20[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] | at Paranal, since 2015 |
Okayama Planet Search Program (OPSP) | Active | 6 | |
Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE) | Active | 17+ | |
PlanetPol | Decommissioned | 0 | |
PRL Advanced Radial-velocity All-sky Search (PARAS) | Active | 3[28][29][30] | Spectrograph integrated with the 1.2m Gurushikhar Observatory in Mount Abu, India. |
Project 1640 | Active | 0+ | |
Qatar Exoplanet Survey (QES) | Active | 9 | [31] |
Search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) | Active | 0 | |
SOPHIE échelle spectrograph | Active | 0+ | [32] |
Spectro-Polarimetric High-Contrast Exoplanet Research (SPHERE) | Active | 1+[33] | |
SPECULOOS | Commissioning | - | Searching 1,200 nearby "Ultra Cool Dwarfs" (M7 and later). Successor to TRAPPIST.[34] |
Strategic Explorations of Exoplanets and Disks with Subaru (SEEDS) | Active | 1+ | [35] |
SuperWASP (WASP) | Active | 191[36] | [37] |
Systemic | Active | 0 | an amateur search project |
The Habitable Exoplanet Hunting Project | Active | 1 (candidate)[38][39] | International network of more than 30 observatories including universities and amateur astronomers. |
Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey (TrES) | Decommissioned | 5 | |
Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) | Active | 7 | Searching 50 nearby "Ultra Cool Dwarfs" (M7 and later). Prototype for SPECULOOS. |
XO Telescope (XO) | Active | 7 | |
ZIMPOL/CHEOPS | Active | 0 | subsystem of the VLT-SPHERE instrument, based at the VLT[40] |
COCONUTS | Active | 3[41][42][43] | Large-scale survey for wide-orbit planetary and substellar companions[44] |
Space missions
Past and current
Name | Launch date | End date | Number of exoplanets found | Current candidates | Telescope use |
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MOST | June 20, 2003 | March 2019 | 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 | 34 | 600 | Mission to look for exoplanets using the transit method |
Kepler | March 7, 2009 | August 15, 2013 | 3,246 | 4711 | Mission to look for large numbers of exoplanets using the transit method |
K2 | November 18, 2013 | October 30, 2018 | 427 | 891 (+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 | December 5, 2019 | 0 | 0 | CubeSat, technology demonstrator |
TESS | April 18, 2018 | Ongoing | 233+ | 3,876 | 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. |
CHEOPS | 2019[45] | Ongoing | 2+ | 0 | To learn more about how exoplanets form, probe atmospheres, and characterize super-Earths. 20% of time will be open to community use.[46] Duration: 3.5 (+ 1.5 goal) years |
JWST | Commissioned on 25, December 2021 | Ongoing | 1 | 0 | To study atmospheres of known exoplanets and find some Jupiter-sized exoplanets Duration: 5 (+ 5 goal) years |
2,757 (3,941 Total)[47] | 3,914 |
Planned
Name | Launch date | Mission objectives | Duration |
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Twinkle | January 2024 | To provide high-quality infrared spectroscopic characterisation of the atmospheres of a population of exoplanets. | 7+ years |
PLATO | 2026 (Ariane 62) | To search for and characterize rocky planets around stars like our own. | 4 (+4 goal) years |
ARIEL | 2029 (Ariane 62) | Observe exoplanets using the transit method, study and characterise the planets' chemical composition and thermal structures | 4 years |
RST | 2026 | To search for and study exoplanets while studying dark matter. It is expected to find about 2,500 planets. | 6 years |
TOLIMAN | 2024 | Detect exoplanets in Alpha Centauri using astrometry. | 3 years |
Proposed
Canceled
References
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