A rocky composition for an Earth-sized exoplanet

Planets with sizes between that of Earth (with radius R[subscript circle in cross]) and Neptune (about 4 R[subscript circle in cross]) are now known to be common around Sun-like stars. Most such planets have been discovered through the transit technique, by which the planet’s size can be determined...

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Main Authors: Howard, Andrew W., Marcy, Geoffrey W., Johnson, John Asher, Isaacson, Howard, Fischer, Debra A., Fulton, Benjamin J., Sinukoff, Evan, Fortney, Jonathan J., Sanchis Ojeda, Roberto, Winn, Joshua Nathan
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/88682
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4265-047X