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Exoplaneten.de - General introduction to extrasolar planets. In German and English.

Exoplanets - Discoveries of Worlds Orbiting Other Stars - This University of Arizona website contains references to astronomical programs, both ground- and space-based, that are in search of extrasolar planets. Links to data, theory, and speculations about the exoplanets themselves are also presented including an extensive table of known extrasolar planets is maintained.

Exozodiacal Dust Workshop - This 1997 conference at NASA Ames Research Center concerned the Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF), a spatial interferometer working at infrared wavelengths to detect and characterize hypothetical Earth-like planets, and a discussion of instruments, missions, and theoretical models which might produce an improved understanding of exo-zodiacal dust.

Extrasolar Planet Detection with the AFOE - The Advanced Fiber-Optic Echelle (AFOE) spectrometer is a fiber-fed, bench-mounted echelle spectrograph. The AFOE has been designed to provide the required precision and stability to detect the wobble induced on a star by the presence of a planet.

STARE (Stellar Astrophysics & Research on Exoplanets) - STARE uses precise time-series photometry to search for extrasolar giant planets transiting their parent stars. An important byproduct of STARE will be an unusually complete survey of variable stars within its selected fields-of-view. [High Altitude Observatory].

Terrestrial Planet Finder - Proposed space telescope capable of detecting Earth-sized planets around other stars and characterizing their atmospheres for possible clues to life.

The Anglo-Australian Planet Search Program - This project monitors the 200 nearest and brightest Sun-like stars visible from the Southern Hemisphere with the high resolution echelle spectrometer (UCLES). UCLES covers the entire visible wavelength region. Doppler shifts in the stellar spectra are measured with reference to a precision calibrated iodine vapor (absorption) cell. [Anglo-Australian Observatory].

The Geneva Extrasolar Planet Search Programmes - This website at The University of Geneva describes past and present extrasolar planet searches and a description of the procedures used in these searches.

The Wyoming-Arizona Search for Planets (WASP) - WASP uses the photometric method (or the occultation/transit method). The brightness of a large sample of stars are monitored with very high precision. If a planet or other large companion transits across the disc of the star as seen from Earth, there will be a small decrease in the light seen from that star.

Vulcan Camera Project - The Vulcan Camera Project is sponsored by NASA Ames Research Center designed to detect large planets around other stars. Vulcan uses differential photometry to measure the amount of light coming from target stars in the Vulcan camera's wide field of view. Periodic fluctuations in received light could indicate the presence of a large planet in orbit about the target star.