Introducing TTV project in Iota Middle East

Introducing TTV project in Iota Middle East

Planet detection from transit timing variations is a method for determining the existence and properties of a planet from the gravitational perturbations it induces on the orbit of another, transiting planet. In an unperturbed planetary system consisting of a star and a planet, the two bodies revolve around their center of mass in a Keplerian orbit. If in this system the planet transits the star, it will cross the disk of the star at same time during each transit. If because of some external perturbation (e.g., a second planet) the motion of the transiting planet deviates from purely Keplerian, the time of the mid-transit will be different from one orbit to another. This is known as transit timing variation (TTV). (Haghighipour, Nader. "Planet Detection: Transit Timing Variation", 2014)
A group in Iota Middle East is working on this project in collaboration with groups in other countries. We all will be glad if other enthusiastic researchers or groups join us in this exoplanetary project.
Project manager: Javad Jafarzade, (sj.jafarzade@gmail.com)