Choice of Observing Schedules for Astrometric Planet Searches
- 1 December 2004
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Vol. 116 (826) , 1083-1092
- https://doi.org/10.1086/426726
Abstract
The Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) will make precise astrometric measurements that can be used to detect planets around nearby stars. Since observational time will be extremely valuable, it is important to consider how the choice of the observing schedule influences the efficiency of SIM planet searches. We have conducted Monte Carlo simulations of astrometric observations to understand the effects of different scheduling algorithms. We find that the efficiency of planet searches is relatively insensitive to the observing schedule for most reasonable observing schedules.Comment: 29 pages, 9 figures, 2 tables, to be published in PASKeywords
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