Introduction to TTV method

JOURNAL OF OCCULTATION AND ECLIPSE (JOE); ISSN 2522-7955; No. 3, 2016

S. J. Jafarzadeh¹, M. Dalir Sharami¹, M. J. Shahhoseini¹, B. Ghobadi Bisetooni¹

¹International Occultation Timing Association-Middle East Section (IOTA-ME), Iran; info@iota-me.com

Abstract

At first, we introduce basic methods used to find exoplanets. Then we focus on TTV method, which is less popular in comparison to other methods, but very efficient. It’s main concept and properties will be discussed. Besides, what TTV has discovered using small telescopes is introduced.

Keywords: Exoplanets, TTV