中国空间科学技术(中英文)2026,Vol.46Issue(3):1-18,18.DOI:10.16708/j.cnki.1000-758X.2026.0033
系外行星探测技术现状及发展趋势
Current status and future trends of exoplanet detection technologies
摘要
Abstract
Exoplanet detection technologies are undergoing a systematic transition from ground-based observations to space-based platforms,and from large-scale planet discovery to detailed physical and atmospheric characterization.This paper presents a comprehensive review of the principles and current status of the major exoplanet detection techniques,including transit photometry,radial velocity measurements,as well as direct imaging and interferometric observations.The applicability and technical limitations of different observational approaches are compared in terms of planet detection,orbital determination and atmospheric characterization.Recent progress of representative space missions currently in operation or under development worldwide is summarized.The review shows that indirect detection methods continue to dominate in terms of the number of discovered exoplanets,providing essential statistical foundations for studies of planetary occurrence rates,population properties,and formation and evolution processes.Meanwhile,direct detection techniques,enabled by advances in adaptive optics,coronagraphy,and optical interferometry,have achieved significant breakthroughs in high-contrast imaging and atmospheric spectral retrieval of exoplanets.Infrared imaging missions represented by the James Webb space telescope have enabled direct multi-band spectroscopic measurements of exoplanetary atmospheres,while the development of ESA's LIFE mission and China's MEAYIN project marks the entry of space-based infrared interferometric detection into a new phase of ultra-high angular resolution.Future exoplanet exploration is expected to establish a coordinated framework that integrates ground-based and space-based observations as well as complementary indirect and direct detection techniques,thereby laying a solid scientific and engineering foundation for the detection of habitable planets and potential biosignatures.关键词
系外行星/探测技术/发展趋势/空间观测/直接成像/干涉阵列Key words
exoplanet/detection technology/development trends/space-based observation/direct imaging/interferometric array分类
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邓湘金,孟令晨,杨孟飞,屈玉福,白崇延,张龙,林晨,张杰..系外行星探测技术现状及发展趋势[J].中国空间科学技术(中英文),2026,46(3):1-18,18.基金项目
中国航天科技集团有限公司极目计划 ()
国家自然科学基金(52175492) (52175492)