Wide Angle Search for Planets

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astronomical survey exoplanet survey project ground-based observatory project

Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) is a ground-based exoplanet survey project that uses wide-field cameras to detect transiting planets around bright stars.

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Label Occurrences
Wide Angle Search for Planets canonical 2
WASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical survey ⓘ
exoplanet survey project ⓘ
ground-based observatory project ⓘ
abbreviation WASP ⓘ
catalogPrefix WASP exoplanet survey ⓘ
surface form: WASP-
collaborationWith European institutions ⓘ
contributesTo statistics of close-in giant exoplanets ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dataArchive publicly available light curves ⓘ
dataType time-series photometry ⓘ
dataUse search for periodic transit signals ⓘ
field astronomy ⓘ
exoplanet science ⓘ
focusesOn short-period transiting exoplanets ⓘ
goal detect transiting exoplanets ⓘ
discover exoplanets around bright stars ⓘ
hasDiscovered hot Jupiters ⓘ
inflated gas-giant exoplanets ⓘ
hasPart SuperWASP-North ⓘ
SuperWASP-North ⓘ
surface form: SuperWASP-South
notableDiscovery WASP-121b ⓘ
WASP-12b ⓘ
WASP-17b ⓘ
WASP-18b ⓘ
WASP-19b ⓘ
WASP-43b ⓘ
WASP-47b ⓘ
observes bright stars ⓘ
observingSite La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain ⓘ
Sutherland, Cape Colony ⓘ
surface form: Sutherland, South Africa
operates in optical wavelengths ⓘ
operationalStatus active ⓘ
primaryMethod transit photometry ⓘ
relatedProject HATNet ⓘ
KELT ⓘ
OGLE-I survey ⓘ
surface form: OGLE exoplanet survey
scientificOutput confirmed exoplanet discoveries ⓘ
exoplanet candidate lists ⓘ
supports atmospheric characterization of exoplanets ⓘ
follow-up radial velocity observations ⓘ
surveyStrategy continuous monitoring of large sky areas ⓘ
surveyType wide-field survey ⓘ
targetSelection relatively bright field stars ⓘ
telescopeType robotic telescope array ⓘ
typicalTargetMagnitude V < 13 ⓘ
uses wide-field cameras ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

exoplanet WASP-96b → discoveredBy → Wide Angle Search for Planets ⓘ
subject surface form: WASP-96b
WASP-96 → planetSurvey → Wide Angle Search for Planets ⓘ
this entity surface form: WASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets)
WASP exoplanet survey → fullName → Wide Angle Search for Planets ⓘ