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astro-ph.SR2011★ 210 cited

Stellar Diameters and Temperatures I. Main Sequence A, F, & G Stars

Tabetha S. Boyajian, Harold A. McAlister, Gerard van Belle +15

We have executed a survey of nearby, main sequence A, F, and G-type stars with the CHARA Array, successfully measuring the angular diameters of fortyfour stars with an average prec…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 126 cited

Kepler-21b: A 1.6REarth Planet Transiting the Bright Oscillating F Subgiant Star HD 179070

Steve B. Howell, Jason F. Rowe, Stephen T. Bryson +63

We present Kepler observations of the bright (V=8.3), oscillating star HD 179070. The observations show transit-like events which reveal that the star is orbited every 2.8 days by…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 399 cited

The Discovery of Y Dwarfs Using Data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)

Michael C. Cushing, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Christopher R. Gelino +13

We present the discovery of seven ultracool brown dwarfs identified with the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Near-infrared spectroscopy reveals deep absorption bands of…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 420 cited

The First Hundred Brown Dwarfs Discovered by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)

J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Michael C. Cushing, Christopher R. Gelino +37

We present ground-based spectroscopic verification of six Y dwarfs (see Cushing et al), eighty-nine T dwarfs, eight L dwarfs, and one M dwarf identified by the Wide-field Infrared…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 247 cited

Kepler Mission Stellar and Instrument Noise Properties

Ronald L. Gilliland, William J. Chaplin, Edward W. Dunham +14

Kepler Mission results are rapidly contributing to fundamentally new discoveries in both the exoplanet and asteroseismology fields. The data returned from Kepler are unique in term…

astro-ph.SR2011★ 137 cited

The Young Planet-mass Object 2M1207b: a cool, cloudy, and methane-poor atmosphere

Travis S. Barman, Bruce Macintosh, Quinn M. Konopacky +1

The properties of 2M1207b, a young (~ 8 Myr) planet-mass companion, have lacked a satisfactory explanation for some time. The combination of low luminosity, red near-IR colors, and…