Details on Acronym: KMT | |
| KMT | (Korea Microlensing Telescope Network) |
| Write: | <<KMT -YYYY-BLG-NNNN>> <<KMT -YYYY-BLG-NNNNa>> <<KMT -YYYY-BLG-NNNNL>> (not recognised by Simbad, but found in literature) <<KMT -YYYY-BLG-NNNNLa>> |
| Object: | Microlensing Event + Planet (SIMBAD class: LensingEv = (Micro)Lensing Event) |
| Note: | The Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) uses three identical telescopes located at the Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory in Chile (KMT CTIO), South African Astronomical Observatory in South Africa (KMT SAAO), and Siding Spring Observatory in Australia (KMT SSO). The KMTNet aims primarily to discover extrasolar planets based on the analyses of gravitational microlensing phenomena, especially the detection of earth-mass planets in the habitable zone. More information is available at http://kmtnet.kasi.re.kr/kmtnet-eng/ |
| Origin | of the Acronym: A = Assigned by the author(s) |