TESS spots a compact system of super-Earths around the naked-eye star HR 858

TESS spots a compact system of super-Earths around the naked-eye star HR 858

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) observations have revealed a compact multiplanet system around the sixth-magnitude star HR 858 (TIC 178155732, TOI 396), located 32 pc away. Three planets, each about twice the size of Earth, transit this slightly evolved, late F-type star, which is also...

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Main Authors: Vanderburg, Andrew (Author), Huang, Chelsea (Author), Ricker, George R. (Author), Vanderspek, Roland K. (Author), Seager, Sara (Author), Burke, Christopher J. (Author), Burt, Jennifer A. (Author), Crossfield, Ian (Author), Dynes, Scott (Author), Guerrero, Natalia (Author), Shporer, Avi (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society, 2020-04-17T14:09:36Z.
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