CHARACTERIZING THE COOL KOIs. III. KOI 961: A SMALL STAR WITH LARGE PROPER MOTION AND THREE SMALL PLANETS

We characterize the star KOI 961, an M dwarf with transit signals indicative of three short-period exoplanets discovered by the Kepler mission. We proceed by comparing KOI 961 to Barnard's Star, a nearby, well-characterized mid-M dwarf. We compare colors, optical and near-infrared spectra, and...

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Main Authors: Muirhead, Philip S., Johnson, John Asher, Apps, Kevin, Carter, Joshua Adam, Morton, Timothy D., Fabrycky, Daniel C., Pineda, John Sebastian, Bottom, Michael, Schlawin, Everett, Hamren, Katherine, Covey, Kevin R., Crepp, Justin R., Pepper, Joshua, Hebb, Leslie, Kirby, Evan N., Howard, Andrew W., Isaacson, Howard, Marcy, Geoffrey W., Levitan, David, Diaz-Santos, Tanio, Armus, Lee, Lloyd, James P., Stassun, Keivan, Rojas-Ayala, Barbara
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/95465