PlanetPol

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The William Herschel Telescope building

PlanetPol was a ground-based, high sensitivity

detection of extrasolar planets.[1]

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PlanetPol did not discover any extrasolar planets, however it was used to provide upper limits to planetary albedos in the known 55 Cnc and τ Boo planetary systems.[2] Observations with the polarimeter in the Canary Islands, which are affected by dust from the Sahara, also identified airborne dust as a source of polarization within our atmosphere.[3] Additionally, PlanetPol provided measurements of the polarization of a few dozen nearby stars,[4] which were later combined with southern hemisphere measurements from PlanetPol's successor, HIPPI,[5] to provide information about the nature of those stars and the distribution of the interstellar medium.[6]

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    doi:10.1086/507955
    . Retrieved 2012-01-22.
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  4. S2CID 16710999
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  5. ISSN 1365-2966
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