- Source: Qatar Exoplanet Survey
The Qatar Exoplanet Survey, also known as QES, is an international exoplanet search survey based in Qatar. Its main goal is to detect exoplanets using the transit method, which is observing the light curve of the host star.
History
This survey has a site in New Mexico, which was a collaboration to find small planets in the northern sky. Before it found its own planets, it detected WASP-36b and WASP-37b.
Site
There is a telescope with 5 cameras, which are each 400m, which is also located in New Mexico. It has been operating since 2011 which occasional errors.
Results
- In 2011, QES announced the discovery of Qatar-1b, a hot Jupiter that has similar parameters to Jupiter.
- In 2016, QES discovered 3 massive planets, which are 4-6 times more massive than Jupiter. These planets are Qatar-3b, Qatar-4b, which is the largest, and Qatar-5b.
List
This list is incomplete and needs more information.
Light green indicates it orbits one of stars in a binary system.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Qatar Exoplanet Survey
- Qatar-4b
- Qatar-3
- List of largest exoplanets
- Qatar-4
- Qatar-5b
- List of exoplanet search projects
- List of exoplanets discovered in 2017
- List of exoplanets discovered in 2016
- List of exoplanets discovered in 2018
