The Anglo Australian Planet Search or (AAPS) is a long-term astronomical survey started in 1998 and continuing to the present. It is being carried out on the 3.9-metre Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) of the Anglo-Australian Observatory in Australia. The purpose of this survey is to catalog planets around more than 240 nearby stars of the southern hemisphere. For its observations, the AAT uses the University College London Echelle Spectrograph, UCLES, an echelle spectrograph from the University College London located at the telescope's coudé focus. This survey uses the radial velocity method to search for extrasolar planets.
The survey eventually switched its main focus to detecting long-period Jupiter analogs.The Anglo-Australian Planet Search. XXIII. Two New Jupiter Analogs: Robert A. Wittenmyer, Jonathan Horner, C.G. Tinney, R.P. Butler, H.R.A. Jones, Mikko Tuomi, G.S. Salter, B.D. Carter, F. Elliott Koch, S.J. O'Toole, J. Bailey, D. Wright
Planets discovered by AAPS This survey has announced the discovery of 28 planetary objects as of February 2014, including three multi-planet systems. Planet Date announced Quijote 3 December 2000 ε Ret b 3 December 2000 Mastika 3 December 2000 HD 142 b Oct 2001 Guarani Oct 2001 π Men b Oct 2001 HD 2039 b 13 June 2002 HD 73526 b 13 June 2002 HD 30177 b 13 June 2002 HD 76700 b 13 June 2002 HD 196050 b 13 June 2002 ρ Ind b 13 June 2002 τ1 Gru b 17 September 2002 HD 70642 b 4 July 2003 Leklsullun 15 September 2004 Noifasui 15 September 2004 HD 154857 b 15 September 2004 Dulcinea 15 September 2004 Mintome 15 September 2004 HD 20782 b 1 June 2006 HD 187085 b 1 June 2006 HD 73526 c 10 August 2006 HD 23127 b 7 February 2007 HD 154857 c 7 February 2007 HD 159868 b 7 February 2007 GJ 832 b 1 September 2008 HD 16417 b 23 February 2009 HD 114613 b 22 January 2014
See also High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher is another planet detector in the southern hemisphere. Lists of exoplanets
References
External links Anglo-Australian Planet Search Home Page