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Other compilations of quantities for extrasolar planets include:


Projects searching for transiting planets (ground-based):

  • The NASA Kepler and K2 missions from 2009 to 2018 (see also the data archive at IPAC)
  • The UK-led SuperWASP consortium (see also wasp-planets.net) is the most successful ground-based project
  • The HATNet (Hungarian Automated Telescope Network) project
  • The HATSouth project
  • The UK-led NGTS survey currently operating at Paranal, Chile
  • The US-led KELT telescopes (last planet announced in 2019)
  • The TrES survey (last planet announced in 2011)
  • The XO survey (last planet announced in 2016)
  • The QES Qatar Exoplanet Survey (last planet announced in 2011)

Projects searching for transiting planets (space-based):

  • The French CoRoT satellite from 2006 to 2012 (see also the data archive)
  • The ESA GAIA satellite was launched in December 2013 and retired in March 2025. Its data will be used to find planets by both astrometry and photometry.
  • The NASA TESS Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite launched in 2018 and currently operational
  • The ESA CHEOPS small photometry mission launched in 2019 and currently operational
  • The ESA PLATO satellite was selected in 2014 and should launch in 2026

Other useful sites:


 


Last modified: 2026/01/09           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)