Dr. Jian Ge
U. Florida

University of Florida Astronomy Colloquium - Feb. 7th, 2007

The All Sky Extrasolar Planet Survey and the Post-2008 Survey with the SDSS Telescope

The ASEPS program will survey ~50,000 of stars with V ~8-13 in the solar neighborhood using the 2.5 meter wide-field Sloan Digital Sky Survey telescope in 2006-2014. Following up all the candidate planetary systems with visible and near infrared radial velocity instruments could result in detecting thousands of planets, including rare planetary systems such as transit planets, ``super-Earth'' mass planets, and interacting multiple planetary systems. ASEPS will provide a valuable statistical sample for studying many aspects of the formation and evolution of planetary systems.

I will summarize the status of the ASEPS project, early results, and the project's future prospects. I will also present a summary of other major projects to be conducted at the SDSS telescope in 2008-2014.