Three red suns in the sky: a transiting, terrestrial planet in a triple m-dwarf system at 6.9 pc
We present the discovery from Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) data of LTT 1445Ab. At a distance of 6.9 pc, it is the second nearest transiting exoplanet system found to date, and the closest one known for which the primary is an M dwarf. The host stellar system consists of three mid-to-...
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American Astronomical Society,
2020-04-17T02:00:46Z.
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