Searching for extragalactic planets

Details Searching for extragalactic planets Searching for extragalactic planets

1999-09-30

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9909510v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

2 pages, 1 figure

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Are there other planetary systems in our Universe? Indirect evidence has been found for planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy: the gravity of orbiting planets makes the star wobble, and the resulting periodic Doppler shifts have been detected for about a dozen stars. But are there planets in other galaxies, millions of light years away? Here we suggest a method to search for extragalactic planetary systems: gravitational microlensing of unresolved stars. This technique may allow us to discover planets in elliptical galaxies, known to be far older than our own Milky Way, with broad implications for life in the Universe.

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