List of exoplanet search projects
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The following is a list of exoplanet search projects.
Ground-based search projects
[edit]Space missions
[edit]Past and current
[edit]Name | Launch date | End date | Number of exoplanets found | Current candidates | Telescope use |
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MOST | June 20, 2003 | March 2019 | 1+ | 0 | First spacecraft dedicated to the study of asteroseismology |
EPOXI | July 21, 2005 | August 8, 2013 | 0 | 0 | Characterized planets and fly-by of comet |
SWEEPS | 2006 | 2006 | 16 | 0 | Based from the HST, a short 7 day mission looking for exoplanets |
CoRoT | December 27, 2006 | November 2, 2012 | 34 | 600 | Mission to look for exoplanets using the transit method |
Kepler | March 7, 2009 | August 15, 2013 | 3,246 | 4711 | Mission to look for large numbers of exoplanets using the transit method |
K2 | November 18, 2013 | October 30, 2018 | 427 | 891 (+627 microlensing events) | After the reaction wheels failed on Kepler, this mission was created |
Gaia | December 19, 2013 | Ongoing | 0 | 0 | Map 1 billion astronomical objects in the Milky Way (First data Release November 2, 2016) |
ASTERIA | November 2017 | December 5, 2019 | 0 | 0 | CubeSat, technology demonstrator |
TESS | April 18, 2018 | Ongoing | 233+ | 3,876 | To search for new exoplanets; rotating so by the end of its two-year mission it will have observed stars from all over the sky. It is expected to find at least 3,000 new exoplanets. |
CHEOPS | 2019[45] | Ongoing | 2+ | 0 | To learn more about how exoplanets form, probe atmospheres, and characterize super-Earths. 20% of time will be open to community use.[46] Duration: 3.5 (+ 1.5 goal) years |
JWST | Commissioned on 25, December 2021 | Ongoing | 1 | 0 | To study atmospheres of known exoplanets and find some Jupiter-sized exoplanets Duration: 5 (+ 5 goal) years |
2,757 (3,941 Total)[47] | 3,914 |
Planned
[edit]Name | Launch date | Mission objectives | Duration | PLATO | 2026 (Ariane 62) | To search for and characterize rocky planets around stars like our own. | 4 (+4 goal) years |
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ARIEL | 2029 (Ariane 62) | Observe exoplanets using the transit method, study and characterise the planets' chemical composition and thermal structures | 4 years | ||||
RST | 2026 | To search for and study exoplanets while studying dark matter. It is expected to find about 2,500 planets. | 6 years | ||||
TOLIMAN | 2024 | Detect exoplanets in Alpha Centauri using astrometry. | 3 years |
Proposed
[edit]Canceled
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