Σύγκριση μεθόδων

	Βαρυτική Μικροεστίαση	Φωτομετρία Διέλευσης
Πεδίο	Αστρονομία	Αστρονομία
Οικογένεια	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Έτος προέλευσης	1986	1984
Δημιουργός	Bohdan Paczynski	William Borucki
Τύπος	Observational detection method	Observational photometric pipeline
Θεμελιώδης πηγή	Paczynski, B. (1986). Gravitational microlensing by the galactic halo. Astrophysical Journal, 304, 1-5.	Borucki, W. J., & Summers, A. L. (1984). The photometric method of detecting other planetary systems. Astrophysical Journal, 281, 537-553.
Εναλλακτικές ονομασίες	Microlensing, Gravitational Lensing Method	Photometric Transit Method, Planetary Transit Detection
Συναφείς	3	3
Σύνοψη	Gravitational microlensing is an observational technique that exploits Einstein's prediction that massive objects bend light. When a star or planet passes in front of a distant star from our perspective, its gravity acts as a lens, magnifying and distorting the background star's light. First proposed by Bohdan Paczynski in 1986, this method has discovered hundreds of exoplanets and provides unique sensitivity to low-mass planets and dark matter.	Transit photometry is an observational technique that detects exoplanets by monitoring the periodic dips in stellar brightness as planets cross in front of their host stars. First systematized by William Borucki in 1984, this method became the most successful exoplanet detection technique, with the Kepler space telescope discovering thousands of confirmed exoplanets using this approach.