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astro-ph.EP2013★ 849 cited
Prevalence of Earth-size planets orbiting Sun-like stars
Erik A. Petigura, Andrew W. Howard, Geoffrey W. Marcy
Determining whether Earth-like planets are common or rare looms as a touchstone in the question of life in the universe. We searched for Earth-size planets that cross in front of t…
astro-ph.EP2013★ 247 cited
A Plateau in the Planet Population Below Twice the Size of Earth
Erik A. Petigura, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Andrew W. Howard
We carry out an independent search of Kepler photometry for small transiting planets with sizes 0.5--8.0 times that of Earth and orbital periods between 5 and 50 days, with the goa…