Session 62. Detecting and Characterizing Extrasolar Planets

Oral, Tuesday, January 9, 2001, 1:30-3:00pm, Golden Ballroom

62.01 Stellar Planet Survey (STEPS)

S. H. Pravdo, S.B. Shaklan (JPL)

62.02 Transit Search of 10,000 Stars for ExtraSolar Planets

W. J. Borucki, D. A. Caldwell, D. G. Koch, N. M. Stout-Batalha (NASA Ames Research Center), J. M. Jenkins (SETI Institute), R. L. Showen (Raytheon Corp.)

62.03 Maser Line Emission from Extrasolar Planets?

V. Strelnitski (Maria Mitchell Obs.), T. Mazeh (The U. of Tel-Aviv), C. Peterson (Georgetown U. & Maria Mitchell Obs.)

62.04D Sizing Up Close-In Planets Around Sun-Like Stars

D. Charbonneau (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA & HAO/NCAR)

62.05 Ground-Based Detection of Terrestrial-Sized Extrasolar Planets Around Small Eclipsing Binary Systems

L.R. Doyle (SETI Institute), H.J. Deeg (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia), J.M. Jenkins (SETI Institute)

62.06 Theoretical Light Curves of Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets

E. L. Turner, E. Ford (Princeton Univ. Obs.), S. Seager (Inst. Adv. Study)

62.07 Detection of Terrestrial Planets Using Transit Photometry

D. Koch (NASA Ames Research Center), F. Witteborn (Orbital Sciences), J Jenkins (SETI Institute), E. Dunham (Lowell Observatory), W. Borucki (NASA Ames Research Center)