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most citedThe California Planet Survey I. Four New Giant Exoplanets

417 citations · 2.2k across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

astro-ph.EP2023

HD 110067 is a wide hierarchical triple system

Kevin Apps, Rafael Luque

We report that HD 110067, the recently announced host star of a resonant sextuplet of transiting sub-Neptunes, is not a single star as claimed in the discovery paper, but a wide hi…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 36 cited

Spectral analysis of ultra-cool white dwarfs polluted by planetary debris

Abbigail K. Elms, Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay, Boris T. Gänsicke +5

We identify two ultra-cool ( K) metal-polluted (DZ) white dwarfs WDJ21474035 and WDJ19220233 as the coolest and second coolest DZ stars known to date w…

astro-ph.SR2021

Discovery of a uniquely cool and compact source at 28 parsecs from the Sun

Kevin Apps, R. L. Smart, Roberto Silvotti

We present the discovery of what appears to be both a uniquely cool and old white dwarf within 30 parsecs of the sun. DES J214756.46-403529.3 is detected in four separate surveys,…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 225 cited

Characterizing the Cool KOIs III. KOI-961: A Small Star with Large Proper Motion and Three Small Planets

Philip S. Muirhead, John Asher Johnson, Kevin Apps +21

We present the characterization of the star KOI 961, an M dwarf with transit signals indicative of three short-period exoplanets, originally discovered by the Kepler Mission. We pr…

astro-ph.EP2011★ 188 cited

Characterizing the Cool KOIs II. The M Dwarf KOI-254 and its Hot Jupiter

John Asher Johnson, J. Zachary Gazak, Kevin Apps +12

We report the confirmation and characterization of a transiting gas giant planet orbiting the M dwarf KOI-254 every 2.455239 days, which was originally discovered by the Kepler mis…

astro-ph.EP2011★ 32 cited

M2K: II. A Triple-Planet System Orbiting HIP 57274

Debra A. Fischer, Eric Gaidos, Andrew Howard +14

Doppler observations from Keck Observatory have revealed a triple planet system orbiting the nearby mid-type K dwarf, HIP 57274. The inner planet, HIP 57274b, is a super-Earth with…