A PLANET IN AN 840 DAY ORBIT AROUND A KEPLER MAIN-SEQUENCE A STAR FOUND FROM PHASE MODULATION OF ITS PULSATIONS

@article{Murphy2016API,
  title={A PLANET IN AN 840 DAY ORBIT AROUND A KEPLER MAIN-SEQUENCE A STAR FOUND FROM PHASE MODULATION OF ITS PULSATIONS},
  author={Simon J. Murphy and Timothy R. Bedding and Hiromoto Shibahashi},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2016},
  volume={827}
}
We have detected a 12 M planet orbiting in or near the habitable zone of a main-sequence A star via the pulsational phase shifts induced by orbital motion. The planet has an orbital period of 840 ± 20 days and an eccentricity of 0.15. All known planets orbiting main-sequence A stars have been found via the transit method or by direct imaging. The absence of astrometric or radial velocity detections of planets around these hosts makes ours the first discovery using the orbital motion. It is also… 
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