Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results
- W. Borucki, D. Koch, A. Prša
- Physics, GeologyScience
- 19 February 2010
The planetary findings derived from the first six weeks of observations with the Kepler mission are summarized, which include the detection of five new exoplanets, which confirm the existence of planets with densities substantially lower than those predicted for gas giant planets.
Formation of the Giant Planets by Concurrent Accretion of Solids and Gas
- J. Pollack, O. Hubickyj, P. Bodenheimer, J. Lissauer, M. Podolak, Y. Greenzweig
- Physics, Geology
- 1 June 1995
New numerical simulations of the formation of the giant of the second phase. planets are presented, in which for the first time both the gas and The actual rates at which the giant planets accreted…
ARCHITECTURE AND DYNAMICS OF KEPLER'S CANDIDATE MULTIPLE TRANSITING PLANET SYSTEMS
- J. Lissauer, D. Ragozzine, D. Sasselov
- Physics, Geology
- 2 February 2011
About one-third of the ∼1200 transiting planet candidates detected in the first four months of Kepler data are members of multiple candidate systems. There are 115 target stars with two candidate…
CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANETARY CANDIDATES OBSERVED BY KEPLER. II. ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF DATA
- W. Borucki, D. Koch, L. Walkowicz
- Physics, Geology
- 2 February 2011
On 2011 February 1 the Kepler mission released data for 156,453 stars observed from the beginning of the science observations on 2009 May 2 through September 16. There are 1235 planetary candidates…
KEPLER MISSION DESIGN, REALIZED PHOTOMETRIC PERFORMANCE, AND EARLY SCIENCE
- D. Koch, W. Borucki, Hayley Wu
- Physics, Geology
- 2 January 2010
The Kepler Mission, launched on 2009 March 6, was designed with the explicit capability to detect Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of solar-like stars using the transit photometry method.…
A closely packed system of low-mass, low-density planets transiting Kepler-11
- J. Lissauer, D. Fabrycky, J. Steffen
- Physics, GeologyNature
- 1 February 2011
Kepler spacecraft observations of a single Sun-like star are reported that reveal six transiting planets, five with orbital periods between 10 and 47 days and a sixth planet with a longer period, among the smallest for which mass and size have both been measured.
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)
- G. Ricker, J. Winn, J. Villasenor
- Physics, GeologyAstronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation
- 1 May 2009
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS ) will search for planets transiting bright and nearby stars. TESS has been selected by NASA for launch in 2017 as an Astrophysics Explorer mission.…
PLANET OCCURRENCE WITHIN 0.25 AU OF SOLAR-TYPE STARS FROM KEPLER
We report the distribution of planets as a function of planet radius, orbital period, and stellar effective temperature for orbital periods less than 50 days around solar-type (GK) stars. These…
A ~7.5 M⊕ Planet Orbiting the Nearby Star, GJ 876
- E. Rivera, J. Lissauer, G. Henry
- Physics, Geology
- 18 October 2005
High-precision, high-cadence radial velocity monitoring over the past 8 yr at the W. M. Keck Observatory reveals evidence for a third planet orbiting the nearby (4.69 pc) dM4 star GJ 876. The…
A Neptune-Mass Planet Orbiting the Nearby M Dwarf GJ 436
- R. P. Butler, S. Vogt, J. Lissauer
- Physics, Geology
- 31 August 2004
We report precise Doppler measurements of GJ 436 (M2.5 V) obtained at Keck Observatory. The velocities reveal a planetary companion with orbital period of 2.644 days, eccentricity of 0.12 (consistent…
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