Five Kepler Target Stars That Show Multiple Transiting Exoplanet Candidates

We present and discuss five candidate exoplanetary systems identified with the Kepler spacecraft. These five systems show transits from multiple exoplanet candidates. Should these objects prove to be planetary in nature, then these five systems open new opportunities for the field of exoplanets and...

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Main Authors: Steffen, Jason H. (Author), Batalha, Natalie M. (Author), Borucki, William J. (Author), Buchhave, Lars A. (Author), Caldwell, Douglas A. (Author), Cochran, William D. (Author), Endl, Michael (Author), Fabrycky, Daniel C. (Author), Fressin, François (Author), Ford, Eric B. (Author), Fortney, Jonathan J. (Author), Haas, Michael J. (Author), Holman, Matthew J. (Author), Howell, Steve B. (Author), Isaacson, Howard (Author), Jenkins, Jon M. (Author), Koch, David (Author), Latham, David W. (Author), Lissauer, Jack J. (Author), Moorhead, Althea V. (Author), Morehead, Robert C. (Author), Marcy, Geoffrey W. (Author), MacQueen, Phillip J. (Author), Quinn, Samuel N. (Author), Ragozzine, Darin (Author), Rowe, Jason F. (Author), Sasselov, Dimitar D. (Author), Seager, Sara (Contributor), Torres, Guillermo (Author), Welsh, William F. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2012-10-19T16:11:35Z.
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