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June 16th, 2008:
A system with three "super-Earth" planets has been detected by HARPS.
The three planets have masses of 4.2, 6.9 and 9.2 the mass of the Earth.
The RMS of the residuals to the fitted orbits is of only 0.85m/s in 5 years,
including instrumental and stellar effects.
ESO press release,
Nature press release.
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April 15th, 2008: The birthplace of the exoplanet-host star Iota Orologii
has been identified thanks to HARPS observations:
Press release.
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May 1st, 2007: HARPS reduced data can be requested from the HARPS
Advanced Data Products archive.
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April 25th, 2007: HARPS discovers the first rocky planet (5 times the
mass of the Earth) in the habitable zone.
Read the
ESO press release and the paper |
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December 08th, 2006: New
pipeline release: 3.0. |
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May 17th, 2006: HARPS unveils an extrasolar planetary system with
three Neptune-mass planets. Read the
ESO press release |
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May 15th, 2006: New, "slow" readout mode
available. |
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May 15th, 2006: New release of the
User manual for P78 |
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March 1st, 2006: The high efficiency fibre link (EGGS) has been
included in the call for proposal for period 78.
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August 8, 2004: Secondary mirror
unit changed; system efficiency increased by up to 40%. |
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August, 2004: 14 Earth masses
exoplanet discovered !
ESO press release (22-04), Paper
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May, 2004:
Iodine self calibration method not available. |
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December, 2003: First HARPS planet
candidate (HD330075b): Announcement,
Paper |
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October 1, 2003: Instrument offered
to the community. |
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February 11, 2003: FIRST LIGHT! ESO Press Release
(06/03) |
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Please mail the
La Silla
HARPS team @eso.org for comments, suggestions or to report
errors and inaccurate statements in the web pages and manuals. |
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