Hubble Space Telescope search for the transit of the Earth-mass exoplanet Centauri B b

Results from exoplanet surveys indicate that small planets (super-Earth size and below) are abundant in our Galaxy. However, little is known about their interiors and atmospheres. There is therefore a need to find small planets transiting bright stars, which would enable a detailed characterization...

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Main Authors: Demory, B.-O., Ehrenreich, D., Queloz, D., Gilliland, R., Chaplin, W. J., Proffitt, C., Gillon, M., Gunther, M. N., Benneke, B., Dumusque, X., Lovis, C., Pepe, F., Segransan, D., Udry, S., Seager, Sara, Triaud, Amaury
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106547
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