Astrometric Camera for Detecting Brown Dwarfs and Gas Giants with the Du Pont Telescope

使用杜邦望远镜探测棕矮星和气态巨星的天体测量相机

• 批准号: 0352912
• 负责人: Alan Boss
• 金额: $ 21.8万
• 依托单位: Carnegie Institution of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-07-15 至 2007-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0352912&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Astrometric; Camera; Detecting; Brown; Dwarfs

0352912--Boss/Carnegie Inst of WashingtonAn astrometric camera will be built that will allow a long-term astrometric search for brown dwarfs and Jupiter-like extrasolar planets in orbit around nearby southern hemisphere stars. This search will reveal the presence of brown dwarfs or gas giant planets moving on long-period (5 year or more) orbits. Masses or upper limits to masses will be placed on extrasolar planets previously detected by radial velocity surveys of southern stars. The search for extrasolar planets is viewed with great interest by people both inside and outside the field of astronomy.

0352912——Boss/卡内基华盛顿研究所将建造一个天体测量相机，它将允许长期的天体测量搜索棕矮星和类木星的太阳系外行星在附近的南半球恒星的轨道上。这项搜索将揭示在长周期（5年或更长）轨道上运行的褐矮星或气态巨行星的存在。质量或质量的上限将放在太阳系外行星上，这些行星以前是通过对南方恒星的径向速度调查发现的。天文学领域内外的人都对寻找系外行星非常感兴趣。