Exoplanet detection via microlensing with RoboNet-1.0

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 582-588

  Burgdorf, M J ^a   Bramich, D M ^b   Dominik, M ^c   Bode, M F ^a   Horne, K D ^c   Steele, I A ^a   Rattenbury, N ^d   Tsapras, Y ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental techniques; Extrasolar planets; Instrumentation photometry

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE TELESCOPES; MICROLENSES; PHOTOMETRY; SPACE RESEARCH; STARS;

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROLENSING;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33947156370     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.04.036     Document Type: Article

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