Proposals and predictions

Present status of some successful predictions made by Jean Schneider
Observatoire de Paris
92195 Meudon
France
Jean.Schneider@obspm.fr

update: 15 December 2021

1. 1982

   • Prediction
     Search for the 2K Cosmic Neutrino Background thanks to coherent elastic scattering ADS
     
   • Implementation
     An similar experiment (PTOLEMY) under study arxiv (Baracchini et al. 2018

2. 1987

   • Prediction
     Gravitational distortion of angular fluctuations in the Cosmic Microwave Background:
     ADS
   • Confirmation
     2014: ADS

3. 1988

   • Proposal
     Search for exoplanet transits with asteroseismology space missions
     Full text
   • Implementation
     2006: CoRoT space mission launch

4. 1989

   • Prediction
     Gravitational amplification in binary pulsars
     ADS
   • Confirmation
     Coming 2015: ADS

5. 1990

   • Prediction
     Gravtitational beam deviation in binary pulsars
     ADS
   • Confirmation
     Kramer et al. 2021 Strong-Field Gravity Tests with the Double Pulsar

6. 1994

   • Prediction
     Spectroscopic detection of molecules in transiting planet atmospheres
     ADS
   • Confirmation
     2001: ADS

7.  1994

   • Prediction
     Detectability of precession of orbits of transiting circumbinary planets
     ADS
   • Confirmation
     2014: Kepler-413(AB) b ADS

8. 1996

   • Prediction
     Beam echo in binary pulsars
     ADS
   • Confirmation ?
     Coming in 2015: ADS

9. 1998

   • Prediction
     Cometary tails of giant planets
     ADS
   • Confirmation
     2013: ADS
     2021: arxiv

10. 1999

    • Prediction
      Detectability of exo-moons by Transit Time Variation and Exo-moon Light Curve
      ADS
    • Confirmation
      Possible confirmation in 2017 arxiv  

11. 2003

    • Prediction
      Detectability of non transiting additional planets by Transit Time Variation of transiting planets
      ADS
    • Confirmation
      2012: Kepler-46 c Science

12. 2006

    • Prediction
      Triple stars can mimick a planet
      ADS
    • Confirmation
      Still waiting for confirmation

13. 2007

    • Proposal
      Combination of imaging and spectroscopy to detect exoplanets
      ADS
      
    • Implementation
      Implementation under way:
      2016: SPHERE + Espresso: arxiv
      2018: SPHERE + CRIRES: HIRISE
      

14. 2007

    • Prediction
      Existence and detectability of binary planets
      ADS
    • Confirmation
      Free floating binary planet: Apj Letters  
      The confirmed "large exomoon" Kepler-1625 b I can be considered as a binary planet given their 0.4 radius ratio.

15. 2010

    • Proposal
      Test of Quantum Physics from Earth-Moon correlations
      ADS
    • Implementation
      In preparation: Cao et al. 2018

16. 2011

    • Prediction
      Cometary tail of CoRoT-7 b
      ADS
    • Confirmation
      Still waiting for confirmation

17. 2011

    • Prediction
      Mimicking the astrometric detection of planets by discs
      ADS
    • Confirmation
      Still waiting for confirmation