CoRoT: Harvest of the exoplanet program
@article{Moutou2013CoRoTHO, title={CoRoT: Harvest of the exoplanet program}, author={Claire Moutou and Magali Deleuil and Tristan Guillot and Annie Baglin and P. Bord'e and F. Bouchy and Juan Cabrera and Sz. Csizmadia and Hans J. Deeg and the CoRoT team}, journal={Icarus}, year={2013}, volume={226}, pages={1625-1634} }
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