Exoplanet:
n.
a planet that orbits a star outside the solar system.
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Ground-based surveys
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Ground-based Surveys:
Radial Velocity
Planetary Transits
Microlensing
Imaging
Astrometry
Other Searches
Space-based Surveys:
Planetary Transits
Imaging
Astrometry
Radial Velocity
Absolute Astronomical Accelerometry (Emilie Spectrograph)
Status:
under construction
Advanced Fiber-Optic Echelle (AFOE) spectrometer
Status:
under construction
ESO Coude Echelle Spectrometer (CES)
Status:
ended
Geneva Observatory
Coralie at Leonard Euler Telescope (La Silla)
Status:
ongoing
Elodie (Haute Provence)
Elodie (Geneva Web page)
Status:
ongoing
High Accuracy Radial velocity Planetary Search (HARPS) - ESO, La Silla
Status:
ongoing
VLT UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph - ESO, Paranal
Status:
operating
Magellan 6.5 m Telescope
Status:
ongoing
Geoff Marcy and Paul Butler
Anglo-Australian Planet Search Program
Status:
ongoing
California & Carnegie Planet Search
Status:
ongoing
McDonald Observatory
Status:
ongoing
Spectrashift.com
Amateur search
Status:
ongoing
TNG High Resolution Spectrograph (SARG)
Status:
ongoing
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Planetary Transit Surveys
Arizona Search for Planets (ASP)
Status:
ongoing
Berlin Exoplanet Search Telescope (BEST)
Status:
ongoing
OGLE III
Status:
ongoing
Planets In Stellar Clusters Extensive Search (PISCES)
Status:
ongoing
Stellar Astrophysics & Research on Exoplanets (STARE)
Status:
ongoing
STELLA
Status:
under construction
Super WASP
Status:
under construction
Survey for Transiting Extrasolar Planets in Stellar Systems (STEPSS)
Status:
ongoing
Tennessee Automatic Photoelectric Telescope
Status:
ongoing
Transits of Extrasolar Planets (TEP)
Status:
ongoing
Transitsearch.org
Status:
ongoing
Vulcain Camera Project
Status:
ongoing
Vulcain South (Antarctic Planet Finder)
Status:
ongoing
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Micro-lensing Surveys
Andromeda Galaxy Amplified Pixel Experiment (AGAPE)
Status:
ongoing
Experience pour la Recherche d'Objets Sombres (EROS)
Status:
ongoing
MACHO
Status:
ongoing
Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics (MOA)
Status:
ongoing
Microlensing Planet Search Project (MPS)
Status:
ongoing
Probing Lensing Anomalies NETwork (PLANET)
Status:
ongoing
University of St. Andrews Planet Search (UStAPS)
Status:
ongoing
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Imaging
Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer
Method:
Imaging
Status:
under construction
Mid-InfraRed Large-well Imager (MIRLIN) - (JPL)
Status:
ongoing
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Astrometry
Keck Interferometer
Status:
operating
Single Telescope Extrasolar Planet Survey (STEPS) - (JPL)
Status:
under construction
Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) - ESO, Paranal
Methods:
Astrometry and imaging
Status:
under construction
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Other Searches
Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)
Millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelengths, 850 microns; protoplanetary disks
EXo-Planetary Observational Research Team (EXPORT)
Methods:
Spectroscopy, photometry
Status:
ongoing
Pulsar Planet Detection - Penn State University
Methods:
Pulsar timing
Status:
ongoing
Search for Trojan Extrasolar Planets
Methods:
Photometry
Status:
ongoing
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Space-based surveys
Planetary Transits
Eddington - ESA
Status:
scheduled to launch 2007-08
COnvection ROtation and planetary Transits (COROT) - (France-Europe)
Status:
scheduled to launch in 2006
Kepler - NASA/JPL
Status:
scheduled to launch in 2007
Microvariability and Oscillations of STars (MOST) - Canada
Method:
photometry (reflected light)
Status:
launched June 30, 2003
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Imaging
Darwin (ESA)
Infrared Imaging + Spectroscopy of Earth-like planets
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Infrared imaging
Status:
scheduled to launch in August 2011
Terrestrial Planet Finder - (NASA)
Infrared imaging and spectroscopy
Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) - NASA
Infrared disk Imaging and Spectroscopy
Status:
launched August 25, 2003
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Astrometry
GAIA - ESA
Status:
Scheduled for launch: in 2008 - 2013
Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope (GSMT)
30-m diameter infrared telescope
Characterization of extrasolar Planets (0.4-1.6 AU, at 10 pc, 1.2-4.6 microns)
HST Astrometry
Status:
ongoing
Space Interferometry Mission (SIM)
Status:
scheduled for launch in 2009
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