Five Kepler target stars that show multiple transiting exoplanet candidates

@article{Steffen2010FiveKT,
  title={Five Kepler target stars that show multiple transiting exoplanet candidates},
  author={Jason H. Steffen and Natalie M. Batalha and William J. Borucki and Lars A. Buchhave and Douglas A. Caldwell and William D. Cochran and Michael Endl and Daniel C. Fabrycky and Franccois Fressin and Eric B. Ford and Jonathan J. Fortney and Michael Haas and Matthew J. Holman and Steve B. Howell and Howard T. Isaacson and Jon M. Jenkins and David J. Koch and David W. Latham and Jack J. Lissauer and Althea V. Moorhead and Robert C. Morehead and Geoffrey W. Marcy and Phillip J. MacQueen and Samuel N. Quinn and Darin Ragozzine and Jason F. Rowe and Dimitar D. Sasselov Sara Seager Guillermo Torres and William F. Welsh},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2010},
  volume={725},
  pages={1226-1241}
}
We present and discuss five candidate exoplanetary systems identified with the Kepler spacecraft. These five systems show transits from multiple exoplanet candidates. Should these objects prove to be planetary in nature, then these five systems open new opportunities for the field of exoplanets and provide new insights into the formation and dynamical evolution of planetary systems. We discuss the methods used to identify multiple transiting objects from the Kepler photometry as well as the… 
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