Bibcode
Doyle, Laurance R.; Deeg, Hans J.
Bibliographical reference
Handbook of Exoplanets, ISBN 978-3-319-55332-0. Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature, 2018, id.115
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2018
Citations
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Refereed citations
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Description
The historic quest to detect circumbinary planets (CBPs) dates back to a
time before the first extrasolar planets were detected. Eclipsing binary
star systems (EBs) were considered prime targets for the detection of
CBP transits, as it was considered likely that the planetary orbits
would also be close to edge on to our line of sight and so cross
(transit) the stellar discs of the eclipsing stars. The presence of CBPs
remained however doubtful until the unequivocal detection, by transit,
of Kepler-16b and of further CBPs with the NASA Kepler space telescope.
Related projects
Helio and Astero-Seismology and Exoplanets Search
The principal objectives of this project are: 1) to study the structure and dynamics of the solar interior, 2) to extend this study to other stars, 3) to search for extrasolar planets using photometric methods (primarily by transits of their host stars) and their characterization (using radial velocity information) and 4) the study of the planetary
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