凌日时间变分法
凌日时间变分法是通过观察凌日时间变化以检测系外行星的一种方法。这提供了一种极其灵敏，可以用来检测地球大小系外行星的方法[1][2][3]。"时间变异"需要精确的测量凌发生的时刻，才可以可测量出周期的改变。
第一颗以凌日时间变异检测出的非凌日行星是由NASA的克卜勒任务卫星完成的。凌日的克卜勒-19b显示在300天的周期中有著5分钟的振幅变异，显示有另一颗行星克卜勒-19c存在著，它的合理周期可能接近这颗凌日行星的数倍[4][5]。
在2010年，研究人员依据凌日时间变分法建议WASP-3也有第二颗的行星存在[6][7]，但是在2012年这项建议被否定了[8]。
参考资料
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