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Discovery of a Transiting Planet Near the Snow-Line
David M. Kipping, Guillermo Torres, Lars A. Buchhave +8
In most theories of planet formation, the snow-line represents a boundary between the emergence of the interior rocky planets and the exterior ice giants. The wide separation of th…
An Earth-sized Planet in the Habitable Zone of a Cool Star
Elisa V. Quintana, Thomas Barclay, Sean N. Raymond +20
The quest for Earth-like planets represents a major focus of current exoplanet research. While planets that are Earth-sized and smaller have been detected, these planets reside in…
Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition from Gaseous to Rocky Planets
Geoffrey W. Marcy, Howard Isaacson, Andrew W. Howard +100
We report on the masses, sizes, and orbits of the planets orbiting 22 Kepler stars. There are 49 planet candidates around these stars, including 42 detected through transits and 7…