Searching for Transits of Super-Earths Using the MOST Space Telescope

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Sep 2011

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American Astronomical Society, ESS meeting #2, #17.07

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Using the MOST (Microvariability and Oscillations of STars) satellite, we carry out a search for transits among previously identified radial velocity planet candidates with minimum masses of the order of a few Earth masses. These super-Earths orbit F, G and K type stars with magnitudes in the range for which MOST is optimized. We present the statistical approach to analysing the MOST observations and our results for the candidates observed so far. These include BD-082823b, HD115617b and HD69830b, all of which are found in multiple planet systems.

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