Ice giant exoplanets - current status and future prospects

Radosław Poleski

Understanding of planet formation and evolution requires finding exoplanets similar to the Solar System planets. While thousands of exoplanets are known, only very few of them have orbits similar to Uranus and Neptune. Detecting such planets around solar-type stars presents a challenge because of their extremely long orbital periods. Currently, planets on orbits similar to Uranus and Neptune can be found only using the microlensing technique. In particular, the OGLE project has made large contribution to studies of such planets. In the near future, the NASA flagship WFIRST satellite will make a major contribution.

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 10, 94-96 (2020)

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