2008/10/27 by S. Renner, H. Rauer, A. Erikson +4 · 18 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astronomy and Astrophysical Research #Bast fibre #Exoplanet #Space (punctuation) #Stars #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Transit (satellite) #Transit time #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200810148
published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 492(2), 617-620 (EDP Sciences) · 4 pages, 3 figures, to be published in A&A
arxiv created 2008/10/27 · openalex publication_date 2008/10/27 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Context. The pioneer space mission for photometric exoplanet searches, CoRoT, steadily monitors about 12 000 stars in each of its fields of view. Transit detection algorithms are applied to derive promising planetary candidates, which are then followed-up with ground-based observations.