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most citedDetection of the Schwarzschild precession in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole

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astro-ph.EP2025★ 8 cited

Exomoon search with VLTI/GRAVITY around the substellar companion HD 206893 B

Q. Kral, J. Wang, J. Kammerer +130

Direct astrometric detection of exomoons remains unexplored. This study presents the first application of high-precision astrometry to search for exomoons around substellar compani…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 6 cited

The ExoGRAVITY survey: A K-band spectral library of giant exoplanet and brown dwarf companions

J. Kammerer, T. O. Winterhalder, S. Lacour +106

Direct observations of exoplanet and brown dwarf companions with near-infrared interferometry, first enabled by the dual-field mode of VLTI/GRAVITY, provide unique measurements of…

astro-ph.EP2025

Constraints on the Orbit of the Young Substellar Companion GQ Lup B from High-Resolution Spectroscopy and VLTI/GRAVITY Astrometry

Vidya Venkatesan, S. Blunt, J. J. Wang +99

Understanding the orbits of giant planets is critical for testing planet formation models, particularly at wide separations greater than 10 au where traditional core accretion beco…

astro-ph.EP2025

Direct imaging discovery of a young giant planet orbiting on Solar System scales

T. Stolker, M. Samland, L. B. F. M. Waters +102

HD 135344 AB is a young visual binary system that is best known for the protoplanetary disk around the secondary star. The circumstellar environment of the A0-type primary star, on…

astro-ph.EP2025

Orbit and atmosphere of HIP 99770 b through the eyes of VLTI/GRAVITY

T. O. Winterhalder, J. Kammerer, S. Lacour +92

Context: Inferring the likely formation channel of giant exoplanets and brown dwarf companions from orbital and atmospheric observables remains a formidable challenge. Further and…

astro-ph.EP2024

Astrometric detection of a Neptune-mass candidate planet in the nearest M-dwarf binary system GJ65 with VLTI/GRAVITY

GRAVITY Collaboration, R. Abuter, A. Amorim +65

The detection of low-mass planets orbiting the nearest stars is a central stake of exoplanetary science, as they can be directly characterized much more easily than their distant c…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 54 cited

Four-of-a-kind? Comprehensive atmospheric characterisation of the HR 8799 planets with VLTI/GRAVITY

E. Nasedkin, P. Mollière, S. Lacour +95

With four companions at separations from 16 to 71 au, HR 8799 is a unique target for direct imaging, presenting an opportunity for the comparative study of exoplanets with a shared…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 16 cited

Combining Gaia and GRAVITY: Characterising five new Directly Detected Substellar Companions

T. O. Winterhalder, S. Lacour, A. Mérand +96

Precise mass constraints are vital for the characterisation of brown dwarfs and exoplanets. Here we present how the combination of data obtained by Gaia and GRAVITY can help enlarg…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 86 cited

The mass of Beta Pictoris c from Beta Pictoris b orbital motion

S. Lacour, J. J. Wang, L. Rodet +96

We aim to demonstrate that the presence and mass of an exoplanet can now be effectively derived from the astrometry of another exoplanet. We combined previous astrometry of Pic…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 27 cited

GRAVITY K-band spectroscopy of HD 206893 B: brown dwarf or exoplanet

J. Kammerer, S. Lacour, T. Stolker +94

We aim to reveal the nature of the reddest known substellar companion HD 206893 B by studying its near-infrared colors and spectral morphology and by investigating its orbital moti…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 133 cited

Constraining the Nature of the PDS 70 Protoplanets with VLTI/GRAVITY

J. J. Wang, A. Vigan, S. Lacour +101

We present K-band interferometric observations of the PDS 70 protoplanets along with their host star using VLTI/GRAVITY. We obtained K-band spectra and 100 as precision astromet…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 9 cited

The ExoGRAVITY project: using single mode interferometry to characterize exoplanets

S. Lacour, J. J. Wang, M. Nowak +89

Combining adaptive optics and interferometric observations results in a considerable contrast gain compared to single-telescope, extreme AO systems. Taking advantage of this, the E…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 128 cited

Direct confirmation of the radial-velocity planet Pic c

M. Nowak, S. Lacour, A. -M. Lagrange +90

Methods used to detect giant exoplanets can be broadly divided into two categories: indirect and direct. Indirect methods are more sensitive to planets with a small orbital period,…