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Improving Transit Predictions of Known Exoplanets with TERMS

S. R. Kane, David R. Ciardi, Debra A. Fischer, Gregory W. Henry, Andrew W. Howard, Eric L. N. Jensen, Gregory Laughlin, Suvrath Mahadevan, Kaspar von Braun, Jason T. Wright

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Transiting planet discoveries have largely been restricted to the short-period or low-periastron distance regimes due to the bias inherent in the geometric transit probability. Through the refinement of planetary orbital parameters, and hence reducing the size of transit windows, long-period planets become feasible targets for photometric follow-up. Here we describe the TERMS project that is monitoring these host stars at predicted transit times.

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Transiting planet discoveries have largely been restricted to the short-period or low-periastron distance regimes due to the bias inherent in the geometric transit probability. Through the refinement of planetary orbital parameters, and hence reducing the size of transit windows, long-period planets become feasible targets for photometric follow-up. Here we describe the TERMS project that is monitoring these host stars at predicted transit times.

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Transiting planet discoveries have largely been restricted to the short-period or low-periastron distance regimes due to the bias inherent in the geometric transit probability. Through the refinement of planetary orbital parameters, and hence reducing the size of transit windows, long-period planets become feasible targets for photometric follow-up. Here we describe the TERMS project that is monitoring these host stars at predicted transit times.

Key concepts: Exoplanet, Transit (satellite), Planet, Stars, Orbital period, Physics, Astronomy, Astrobiology

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