Trans-Atlantic_Exoplanet_Survey

Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey

Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey

Cluster of telescopes that used the transit method to locate exoplanets

"TrES" redirects here. For other uses, see tres (disambiguation).

The Trans-Atlantic Exoplanet Survey, or TrES, used three 4-inch (10 cm) telescopes located at Lowell Observatory, Palomar Observatory, and Teide Observatory to locate exoplanets. It was made using the network of small, relatively inexpensive telescopes designed to look specifically for planets orbiting bright stars using the transit method. The array used 4-inch Schmidt telescopes having CCD cameras and automated search routines. The survey was created by David Charbonneau of the Center for Astrophysics, Timothy Brown of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, and Edward Dunham of Lowell Observatory.[1]

The TrES survey is no longer operational.

Discoveries

The TrES project discovered a total of five planets in its years of operation. All were discovered using the transit method. Note that the discovery papers do not use the "b" suffix typically used in extrasolar planet designations. While forms with and without the b are used in the literature, the table here uses the designations assigned by the discoverers.

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See also

TrES light curves of the Kepler field are available at the NASA Exoplanet Archive

Similar exoplanet discovery projects

Exoplanet hunting spacecraft

References

  1. [1]
    Alonso, Roi; et al. (2004). "TrES-1: The Transiting Planet of a Bright K0V Star". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 613 (2): L153–L156. arXiv:astro-ph/0408421. Bibcode:2004ApJ...613L.153A. doi:10.1086/425256.
  2. [2]
    O'Donovan, Francis T.; et al. (2006). "TrES-2: The First Transiting Planet in the Kepler Field". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 651 (1): L61–L64. arXiv:astro-ph/0609335. Bibcode:2006ApJ...651L..61O. doi:10.1086/509123.
  3. [3]
    O'Donovan, Francis T.; et al. (2007). "TrES-3: A Nearby, Massive, Transiting Hot Jupiter in a 31 Hour Orbit". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 663 (1): L37–L40. arXiv:0705.2004. Bibcode:2007ApJ...663L..37O. doi:10.1086/519793.
  4. [4]
    Mandushev, Georgi; et al. (2007). "TrES-4: A Transiting Hot Jupiter of Very Low Density". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 667 (2): L195–L198. arXiv:0708.0834. Bibcode:2007ApJ...667L.195M. doi:10.1086/522115.
  5. [5]
    Mandushev, Georgi; et al. (2011). "TrES-5: A Massive Jupiter-sized Planet Transiting A Cool G-dwarf". The Astrophysical Journal. 741 (2). 114. arXiv:1108.3572. Bibcode:2011ApJ...741..114M. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/741/2/114.
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