Direct confirmation of the radial-velocity planet<i>β</i>Pictoris c
Direct confirmation of the radial-velocity planet<i>β</i>Pictoris c
Methods used to detect giant exoplanets can be broadly divided into two categories: indirect and direct. Indirect methods are more sensitive to planets with a small orbital period, whereas direct detection is more sensitive to planets orbiting at a large distance from their host star. %, and thus on long …