An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A planet that passes in front of its star directly between Earth and the star. The → transit method is used for detecting → exoplanets around stars.

→ transit; → planet.

A Belgian facility devoted to the detection and characterization of → exoplanets and to the study of → comets (→ transiting planet) and other → small solar system bodies. It consists of two 60 cm robotic telescopes located at the → European Southern Observatory, → La Silla, in Chile and at Oukaïmden Observatory in Marroco.

→ transit; → planet; → planetesimal; → small; → telescope.