High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) HARPS Fr.: HARPS A high-precision echelle spectrograph built for exoplanet findings and installed on the ESO's 3.6m telescope at La Silla Observatory in Chile. The first light was achieved in February 2003. HARPS has discovered dozens of exoplanets, making it the most successful planet finder behind the Kepler space observatory. HARPS can detect movements as small as 0.97 m s-1 (3.5 km h-1), with an effective precision of the order of 30 cm s-1, and a → resolving power of 120,000 (Mayor et al., 2003, ESO Messengar 114, 20). → high; → accuracy; → radial; → velocity; → planet; → search; → -er. |
radial velocity tondâ-ye šo'â'i Fr.: vitesse radiale The component of a three-dimensional velocity vector of an object directed along the line of sight. It is measured by examining the Doppler shift of lines in the spectrum of astronomical objects. |
radial velocity curve xam-e tondâ-ye šo'â'i Fr.: courbe de vitesse radiale A curve describing the variation of the radial velocity of a star, due to the Doppler effect, under the gravitational effect of a secondary body (companion or exoplanet). The amplitude of these variations depends upon the mass of the secondary and its distance from the star. → radial velocity; → curve. |
radial velocity method raveš-e tondâ-ye šo'â'i Fr.: méthode de vitesses radiales The technique based on the analysis of the → radial velocity curve, used to detect the presence of an invisible secondary around a host star. This method holds the majority of exoplanet discoveries. → radial velocity; → method. |