The Detection of Extrasolar Planets via a Network of Robotic Imaging Telescopes

摘要

A network of three longitudinally-spaced robotic imaging telescopes is described. So far planets have been found only around bright stars (m < ～ 10~m). Employment of the network and the photometric method for the detection of extrasolar planets will lead to the discovery of planets around stars of much fainter magnitudes (m < ～ 19~m).