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The Way to Detect Exoplanetary Systems and the Limitations of the Doppler Method

Boyuan Tian * 1
1 Beijing Bayi School (International Department) No.29 Suzhou Street, Haidian District, Beijing, Beijing 100080, China

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Theoretical and Natural Science, Vol. 5, 178-181
Published 25 May 2023. © 2023 The Author(s). Published by EWA Publishing
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Citation Boyuan Tian. The Way to Detect Exoplanetary Systems and the Limitations of the Doppler Method. TNS (2023) Vol. 5: 178-181. DOI: 10.54254/2753-8818/5/20230374.

Abstract

According to current astronomical developments, Doppler and lensing methods are the two most important methods used by astronomers to detect extrasolar planetary systems. Unlike the lensing method, which requires the use of high-precision astronomical telescopes to measure stellar luminosity variations, the Doppler method can rely on simple stellar redshift phenomena and calculations to accurately predict the existence of extraterrestrial planets, their masses, orbital radii, and other basic characteristics. Therefore, Doppler's method will be the most widely used method to measure planetary systems. Based on the derivation of Kepler's third law, the formulas for calculating the masses and orbital distances of planets are discussed and a python program for easy calculation is presented. Also, the limitations of Doppler's method and possible calculation errors are collected, organized, and explained.

Keywords

Exoplanets, Astrometry, Astrophysics

References

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Data Availability

The datasets used and/or analyzed during the current study will be available from the authors upon reasonable request.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computing Innovation and Applied Physics (CONF-CIAP 2023)
ISBN (Print)
978-1-915371-53-9
ISBN (Online)
978-1-915371-54-6
Published Date
25 May 2023
Series
Theoretical and Natural Science
ISSN (Print)
2753-8818
ISSN (Online)
2753-8826
DOI
10.54254/2753-8818/5/20230374
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

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