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A planet within the debris disk around the pre-main-sequence star AU Microscopii
Peter Plavchan, Thomas Barclay, Jonathan Gagné +84
AU Microscopii (AU Mic) is the second closest pre main sequence star, at a distance of 9.79 parsecs and with an age of 22 million years. AU Mic possesses a relatively rare and spat…
A Comprehensive Characterization of the 70 Virginis Planetary System
Stephen R. Kane, Tabetha S. Boyajian, Gregory W. Henry +6
An on-going effort in the characterization of exoplanetary systems is the accurate determination of host star properties. This effort extends to the relatively bright host stars of…
The NASA-UC-UH Eta-Earth Program: IV. A Low-mass Planet Orbiting an M Dwarf 3.6 PC from Earth
Andrew W. Howard, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Debra A. Fischer +8
We report the discovery of a low-mass planet orbiting Gl 15 A based on radial velocities from the Eta-Earth Survey using HIRES at Keck Observatory. Gl 15 Ab is a planet with minimu…
Habitable Planets Eclipsing Brown Dwarfs: Strategies for Detection and Characterization
Adrian R. Belu, Franck Selsis, Sean N. Raymond +8
Given the very close proximity of their habitable zones, brown dwarfs represent high-value targets in the search for nearby transiting habitable planets that may be suitable for fo…
The Discovery of HD 37605c and a Dispositive Null Detection of Transits of HD 37605b
Sharon Xuesong Wang, Jason T. Wright, William Cochran +15
We report the radial-velocity discovery of a second planetary mass companion to the K0 V star HD 37605, which was already known to host an eccentric, P~55 days Jovian planet, HD 37…
Cyclic Transit Probabilities of Long-Period Eccentric Planets Due to Periastron Precession
Stephen R. Kane, Jonathan Horner, Kaspar von Braun
The observed properties of transiting exoplanets are an exceptionally rich source of information that allows us to understand and characterize their physical properties. Unfortunat…
The Dynamical Mass and Three-Dimensional Orbit of HR7672B: A Benchmark Brown Dwarf with High Eccentricity
Justin R. Crepp, John Asher Johnson, Debra A. Fischer +10
The companion to the G0V star HR7672 directly imaged by Liu et al. (2002) has moved measurably along its orbit since the discovery epoch, making it possible to determine its dynami…
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…
Planetary Phase Variations of the 55 Cancri System
Stephen R. Kane, Dawn M. Gelino, David R. Ciardi +2
Characterization of the composition, surface properties, and atmospheric conditions of exoplanets is a rapidly progressing field as the data to study such aspects become more acces…
Constraints on Secondary Eclipse Probabilities of Long-Period Exoplanets from Orbital Elements
Kaspar von Braun, Stephen R. Kane
Long-period transiting exoplanets provide an opportunity to study the mass-radius relation and internal structure of extrasolar planets. Their studies grant insights into planetary…
Exoplanet Characterization and the Search for Life
J. Kasting, W. Traub, A. Roberge +119
Over 300 extrasolar planets (exoplanets) have been detected orbiting nearby stars. We now hope to conduct a census of all planets around nearby stars and to characterize their atmo…
Exoplanetary Transit Constraints Based Upon Secondary Eclipse Observations
Stephen R. Kane, Kaspar von Braun
Transiting extrasolar planets provide an opportunity to study the mass-radius relation of planets as well as their internal structure. The existence of a secondary eclipse enables…
Observational Window Functions in Planet Transit Surveys
Kaspar von Braun, Stephen R. Kane, David R. Ciardi
The probability that an existing planetary transit is detectable in one's data is sensitively dependent upon the window function of the observations. We quantitatively characterize…