Recognition of the First Observational Evidence of an Extrasolar Planetary System
arXiv:1410.2575
Abstract
With 20-20 hindsight, it is now possible to say that the first observational indication -- by any means -- of the existence of an extrasolar planetary system came almost a century ago when van Maanen discovered and noted the spectrum of the nearest single white dwarf to Earth.
To appear in the 2015 PASP Conference Proceedings of the "19th European White Dwarf Workshop" (held 11-15 August 2014 in Montreal, Canada)