ASPECTS OF ASTROMETRIC SEARCHES FOR OTHER PLANETARY SYSTEMS

Authors
MCALISTER HA
Citation
Ha. Mcalister, ASPECTS OF ASTROMETRIC SEARCHES FOR OTHER PLANETARY SYSTEMS, Astrophysics and space science, 241(1), 1996, pp. 77-84
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astrophysics and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
241
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
77 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1996)241:1<77:AOASFO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
With precision potentially attainable to better than 1 milliarcsecond, ground-based astrometric techniques are capable of detecting Jupiter- mass planets around the nearest stars. This paper is intended not as a review of the relevant progress in astrometry but is instead aimed at pointing out some of the pitfalls inherent in very high precision rel ative astrometry.