A pre-pilot survey of dozens of candidate exoplanets has been conducted by a team of international researchers. The survey aims to help identify which planets may be most suitable for future studies with the next generation of exoplanet-hunting telescopes.

The survey focused on planets orbiting stars bright enough to be observed with high resolution spectroscopy. For the survey, the team used the Very Large Telescope in Chile and the William Herschel Telescope in the Canary Islands to measure the light coming from the candidate planets. The survey was conducted over a period of three months, during which the team collected data on the planets’ size, mass, and orbital parameters. The data will be used to identify which planets may be the most interesting for further observation and study. The results of the survey will be published in the coming months.

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source: Phys.org