A super-Earth transiting a nearby low-mass star
@article{Charbonneau2009AST, title={A super-Earth transiting a nearby low-mass star}, author={D. Charbonneau and Z. K. Berta and J. Irwin and C. J. Burke and P. Nutzman and L. A. Buchhave and C. Lovis and X. Bonfils and D. Latham and S. Udry and R. Murray-Clay and M. Holman and E. Falco and J. Winn and D. Queloz and F. Pepe and M. Mayor and X. Delfosse and T. Forveille}, journal={Nature}, year={2009}, volume={462}, pages={891-894} }
A decade ago, the detection of the first transiting extrasolar planet provided a direct constraint on its composition and opened the door to spectroscopic investigations of extrasolar planetary atmospheres. Because such characterization studies are feasible only for transiting systems that are both nearby and for which the planet-to-star radius ratio is relatively large, nearby small stars have been surveyed intensively. Doppler studies and microlensing have uncovered a population of planets… CONTINUE READING
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