A nearby transiting rocky exoplanet that is suitable for atmospheric investigation

Trifonov, T.; A. Caballero, J.; C. Morales, J.; Seifahrt, A.; Ribas, I.; Reiners, A.; L. Bean, J.; Luque, R.; Parviainen, H.; Pallé, E.; Stock, S.; Zechmeister, M.; J. Amado, P.; Anglada-Escudé, G.; Azzaro, M.; Barclay, T.; J. S. Béjar, V.; Bluhm, P.; Casasayas-Barris, N.; Cifuentes, C.; A. Collins, K.; I. Collins, K.; Cortés-Contreras, M.; de Leon, J.; Dreizler, S.; D. Dressing, C.; Esparza-Borges, E.; Espinoza, N.; Fausnaugh, M.; Fukui, A.; P. Hatzes, A.; Hellier, C.; Henning, Th.; E. Henze, C.; Herrero, E.; V. Jeffers, S.; M. Jenkins, J.; L. N. Jensen, E.; Kaminski, A.; Kasper, D.; Kossakowski, D.; Kürster, M.; Lafarga, M.; W. Latham, D.; W. Mann, A.; Molaverdikhani, K.; Montes, D.; T. Montet, B.; Murgas, F.; Narita, N.; Oshagh, M.; M. Passegger, V.; Pollacco, D.; N. Quinn, S.; Quirrenbach, A.; R. Ricker, G.; Rodríguez López, C.; Sanz-Forcada, J.; P. Schwarz, R.; Schweitzer, A.; Seager, S.; Shporer, A.; Stangret, M.; Stürmer, J.; G. Tan, T.; Tenenbaum, P.; D. Twicken, J.; Vanderspek, R.; N. Winn, J.

doi:10.1126/science.abd7645

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A nearby transiting rocky exoplanet that is suitable for atmospheric investigation

Published in Science • Mar 5, 2021

Authors:

T. Trifonov

J. A. Caballero

J. C. Morales

Abstract

A transiting rocky planet 8 parsecs away Most exoplanets have been detected using either the radial velocity (RV) method or the transit method, which provide only limited information on the planet's physical properties. In the rare cases in which both methods detect the same planet, the combination ...

Subject

Exoplanet

Transit (satellite)

Planet

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