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Transitsearch.org: This is a website established by Greg Laughlin, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California Lick Observatory. The site gives ephemerides results and transit window information for known and candidate exoplanets. The candidates assignment page is an extremely useful tool for picking targets and planning exoplanet observing runs. |
TransitSearch.org |
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Systemic: This is another website in which Greg Laughlin collaborates with a team of astrophysicists. This website is about characterizing exoplanets and trying to understand what sort of worlds exoplanets are and what the statistical distribution of characteristics of exoplanets may have. By inference the bottom line goal of this site is to develop the knowledge to recognize an exoplanet capable of supporting life when we detect it. It is a great site for finding the latest data on exoplanet discoveries, analysis and interpretation of exoplanet data, and theoretical research about exoplanets and their environments. It contains a powerful simulation tool for characterizing the orbits of exoplanet systems from radial velocity data of a large group of stars (eventually 100,000 stars) using a sophisticated graphical interface "console" |
Systemic |
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The Extrasolar Planets Encyclopedia: This is a site established by Jean Schneider of Laboratoire de l'Univers et de ses Théories and the Paris Observatory. It has a wealth of information about exoplanets, exoplanet research, an extensive bibliography and index of exoplanet research. This is the site I go to to find the most up-to-date list of exoplanets. Its name is appropriate as it is the closest thing to an encyclopedia of information about exoplanets that I have found. It also has an extensive website list of individuals and organizations involved in exoplanet research.
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Exoplanet Encyclopedia |
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California & Carnegie Planet Search: This is the website of the group including U.C. Berkeley Center for Interplanetary Science, Carnegie Institution and others headed by Geoff Marcey and Paul Butler. This site has an up to date catalog of exoplanets around nearby stars and it contains many references, articles and links to sites involved in exoplanet research, and a wealth of information about orbital mechanics and some good animations.
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Exoplanets.org |
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Known Transiting Planets:; This is a Caltech Astronomy Department site devoted to transiting exoplanets. It has an up to date list of transiting exoplanets and a long list of research articles about these planets.
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