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

0352912--博斯/华盛顿卡内基研究所将建造一台天体测量照相机，用于长期天体测量搜索在南半球恒星附近轨道上的棕矮星和类太阳系外行星。这一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体巨行星的存在。太阳系外行星的质量或质量的上限将被置于之前通过对南方恒星的径向速度测量而探测到的太阳系外行星上。天文学领域内外的人们都对寻找太阳系外行星抱有极大的兴趣。

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.