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The Keck Planet Search: Detectability and the Minimum Mass and Orbital Period Distribution of Extrasolar Planets

We analyze 8 years of precise radial velocity measurements from the Keck Planet Search, characterizing the detection threshold, selection effects, and completeness of the survey. We first carry out a…
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A Neptune-Mass Planet Orbiting the Nearby M Dwarf GJ 436

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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The Exoplanet Orbit Database

We present a database of well-determined orbital parameters of exoplanets, and their host stars’ properties. This database comprises spectroscopic orbital elements measured for 427 planets orbiting…
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A New Planet around an M Dwarf: Revealing a Correlation between Exoplanets and Stellar Mass

We report precise Doppler measurements of GJ 317 (M3.5 V) that reveal the presence of a planet with a minimum mass MP sin i = 1.2 MJup in an eccentric, 692.9 day orbit. GJ 317 is only the third M…
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Retired A Stars and Their Companions: Exoplanets Orbiting Three Intermediate-Mass Subgiants

We report precision Doppler measurements of three intermediate-mass subgiants obtained at Lick and Keck Observatories. All three stars show variability in their radial velocities consistent with…
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The Occurrence and Mass Distribution of Close-in Super-Earths, Neptunes, and Jupiters

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The occurrence rate of close-in planets (with orbital periods less than 50 days), based on precise Doppler measurements of 166 Sun-like stars, is reported, indicating that theoretical models of planet formation predict a deficit of planets in the domain from 5 to 30 Earth masses and with orbital periods under 50 days are in fact well populated.
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A disintegrating minor planet transiting a white dwarf

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Observations of a white dwarf being transited by at least one, and probably several, disintegrating planetesimals are reported, providing further evidence that the pollution of white dwarfs by heavy elements might originate from disrupted rocky bodies such as asteroids and minor planets.
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Five Planets Orbiting 55 Cancri

We report 18 years of Doppler shift measurements of a nearby star, 55 Cancri, that exhibits strong evidence for five orbiting planets. The four previously reported planets are strongly confirmed…
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The N2K Consortium. II. A Transiting Hot Saturn around HD 149026 with a Large Dense Core

Doppler measurements from Subaru and Keck have revealed radial velocity variations in the V = 8.15, G0 IV star HD 149026 consistent with a Saturn-mass planet in a 2.8766 day orbit. Photometric…
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Five New Multicomponent Planetary Systems

We report Doppler measurements for six nearby G- and K-type main-sequence stars that show multiple low-mass companions, at least one of which has planetary mass. One system has three planets, the…
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