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most citedFrequency of Solar-Like Systems and of Ice and Gas Giants Beyond the Snow Line from High-Magnification Microlensing Events in 2005-2008

349 citations

14 papers

astro-ph.EP2023★ 23 cited

A large topographic feature on the surface of the trans-Neptunian object (307261) 2002 MS measured from stellar occultations

F. L. Rommel, F. Braga-Ribas, J. L. Ortiz +201

This work aims at constraining the size, shape, and geometric albedo of the dwarf planet candidate 2002 MS4 through the analysis of nine stellar occultation events. Using multichor…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 105 cited

The First Habitable Zone Earth-sized Planet from TESS. I: Validation of the TOI-700 System

Emily A. Gilbert, Thomas Barclay, Joshua E. Schlieder +92

We present the discovery and validation of a three-planet system orbiting the nearby (31.1 pc) M2 dwarf star TOI-700 (TIC 150428135). TOI-700 lies in the TESS continuous viewing zo…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 164 cited

TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME): A planet in the 45 Myr Tucana-Horologium association

Elisabeth R. Newton, Andrew W. Mann, Benjamin M. Tofflemire +49

Young exoplanets are snapshots of the planetary evolution process. Planets that orbit stars in young associations are particularly important because the age of the planetary system…

astro-ph.EP2013★ 5 cited

Pluto's Atmosphere Does Not Collapse

C. B. Olkin, L. A. Young, D. Borncamp +21

Combining stellar occultation observations probing Pluto's atmosphere from 1988 to 2013 and models of energy balance between Pluto's surface and atmosphere, we conclude that Pluto'…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 33 cited

Characterizing Lenses and Lensed Stars of High-Magnification Single-lens Gravitational Microlensing Events With Lenses Passing Over Source Stars

J. -Y. Choi, I. -G. Shin, S. -Y. Park +148

We present the analysis of the light curves of 9 high-magnification single-lens gravitational microlensing events with lenses passing over source stars, including OGLE-2004-BLG-254…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 14 cited

Microlensing Binaries Discovered through High-Magnification Channel

I. -G. Shin, J. -Y. Choi, S. -Y. Park +148

Microlensing can provide a useful tool to probe binary distributions down to low-mass limits of binary companions. In this paper, we analyze the light curves of 8 binary lensing ev…

astro-ph.EP2011★ 124 cited

Discovery and Mass Measurements of a Cold, 10-Earth Mass Planet and Its Host Star

Y. Muraki, C. Han, D. P. Bennett +125

We present the discovery and mass measurement of the cold, low-mass planet MOA-2009-BLG-266Lb, made with the gravitational microlensing method. This planet has a mass of m_p = 10.4…

astro-ph.EP2011★ 183 cited

MOA-2009-BLG-387Lb: A massive planet orbiting an M dwarf

Virginie Batista, A. Gould, S. Dieters +25

We report the discovery of a planet with a high planet-to-star mass ratio in the microlensing event MOA-2009-BLG-387, which exhibited pronounced deviations over a 12-day interval,…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 190 cited

Binary microlensing event OGLE-2009-BLG-020 gives a verifiable mass, distance and orbit predictions

J. Skowron, A. Udalski, A. Gould +99

We present the first example of binary microlensing for which the parameter measurements can be verified (or contradicted) by future Doppler observations. This test is made possibl…

astro-ph.EP2010★ 42 cited

A sub-Saturn Mass Planet, MOA-2009-BLG-319Lb

N. Miyake, T. Sumi, Subo Dong +119

We report the gravitational microlensing discovery of a sub-Saturn mass planet, MOA-2009-BLG-319Lb, orbiting a K or M-dwarf star in the inner Galactic disk or Galactic bulge. The h…

astro-ph.EP2010★ 349 cited

Frequency of Solar-Like Systems and of Ice and Gas Giants Beyond the Snow Line from High-Magnification Microlensing Events in 2005-2008

A. Gould, Subo Dong, B. S. Gaudi +14

We present the first measurement of planet frequency beyond the "snow line" for planet/star mass-ratios[-4.5<log q<-2]: d^2 N/dlog q/dlog s=(0.36+-0.15)/dex^2 at mean mass ratio q=…

astro-ph.EP2009★ 125 cited

Sub-Saturn Planet MOA-2008-BLG-310Lb: Likely To Be In The Galactic Bulge

Julia Janczak, A. Fukui, Subo Dong +13

We report the detection of sub-Saturn-mass planet MOA-2008-BLG-310Lb and argue that it is the strongest candidate yet for a bulge planet. Deviations from the single-lens fit are sm…

astro-ph.EP2009★ 74 cited

Extreme Magnification Microlensing Event OGLE-2008-BLG-279: Strong Limits on Planetary Companions to the Lens Star

J. C. Yee, A. Udalski, T. Sumi +14

We analyze the extreme high-magnification microlensing event OGLE-2008-BLG-279, which peaked at a maximum magnification of A ~ 1600 on 30 May 2008. The peak of this event exhibits…

astro-ph2008★ 161 cited

Microlensing Event MOA-2007-BLG-400: Exhuming the Buried Signature of a Cool, Jovian-Mass Planet

Subo Dong, I. A. Bond, A. Gould +55

We report the detection of the cool, Jovian-mass planet MOA-2007-BLG-400Lb. The planet was detected in a high-magnification microlensing event (with peak magnification A_max = 628)…