Patent ID: 8243254

Claim:
An exposing method that performs an immersion exposure, comprising: supplying a liquid onto a movable first object which holds a substrate; recovering the liquid supplied onto the movable first object; detecting a first temperature of the liquid recovered from the movable first object; supplying the liquid onto a movable second object which is capable of moving independently of the movable first object; recovering the liquid supplied onto the movable second object; detecting a second temperature of the liquid recovered from the movable second object; adjusting a temperature of at least one of the movable first object and the movable second object so that a prescribed temperature relationship is achieved between the movable first object and the movable second object, by at least one of adjusting the temperature of the movable first object based on the first temperature of the liquid and adjusting the temperature of the movable second object based on the second temperature of the liquid; and exposing the substrate, which is held by the movable first object, through the liquid.