From 59 papers on this topic published since 2021, kept out of the 219 most relevant results of our searches on OpenAlex. 9 preprints counted once with their published versions. Relevance was checked for the 120 closest papers only.

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The 4 searches run on OpenAlex · An overview of the field
  • exomoon interferometric astrometry detection — OpenAlex finds 25 papers
  • exomoon transit timing duration variations — OpenAlex finds 100 papers
  • exomoon light curve detection methods — OpenAlex finds 215 papers
  • exomoon detection observational limitations comparison — OpenAlex finds 109 papers

The landscape

The first approach emphasizes feasibility and observational constraints across multiple detection channels, the second concentrates on modeling photometric signals and interpreting timing variations, and the third emphasizes microlensing survey forecasts together with targeted imaging and transit searches. Astrometric methods seek changes in a planet’s measured position or wavelength-dependent centre of light, whereas transit methods seek moon-related light-curve structure or timing and duration changes, with the supplied papers highlighting small satellite sizes, signal preservation, alternative timing sources, single-event model flexibility, and systematic noise as limitations. Microlensing extends the search to free-floating and wide-separation systems through survey-dependent detection efficiencies, while direct imaging offers complementary satellite constraints; across the groups, detectability forecasts and upper limits remain distinct from confirmed detections.

People

Ordered by the papers of the map they sign, counting more those they sign first, last or as corresponding author. Author order says who did what in many fields, not who leads a team; it is not used in alphabetical author lists, nor after the first fifteen authors of a large collaboration.

Institutions

These are publication affiliations, not identified research teams. A national organization such as CNRS can include several independent laboratories.

Ordered by the papers one of their authors signs first, last or as corresponding author, then by their share of the papers: a paper signed by four institutions counts a quarter for each, so a large collaboration does not make each of its members look central.

Approaches

The papers are grouped by the similarity of their titles and abstracts; an AI names each group from its papers. A paper is in one group only.

Papers

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