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An abundance of small exoplanets around stars with a wide range of metallicities

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  • Lars A. Buchhave

    (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Centre for Star and Planet Formation, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • David W. Latham

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Anders Johansen

    (Lund Observatory, Lund University, Box 43, 221 00 Lund, Sweden)

  • Martin Bizzarro

    (Centre for Star and Planet Formation, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, DK-1350 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Guillermo Torres

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Jason F. Rowe

    (SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Natalie M. Batalha

    (San Jose State University)

  • William J. Borucki

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Erik Brugamyer

    (University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

  • Caroline Caldwell

    (University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

  • Stephen T. Bryson

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • David R. Ciardi

    (NASA Exoplanet Science Institute/California Institute of Technology)

  • William D. Cochran

    (University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

  • Michael Endl

    (University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

  • Gilbert A. Esquerdo

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Eric B. Ford

    (University of Florida, 211 Bryant Space Sciences Center)

  • John C. Geary

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Ronald L. Gilliland

    (Space Telescope Science Institute)

  • Terese Hansen

    (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark)

  • Howard Isaacson

    (University of California)

  • John B. Laird

    (Bowling Green State University)

  • Philip W. Lucas

    (Centre for Astrophysics, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK)

  • Geoffrey W. Marcy

    (University of California)

  • Jon A. Morse

    (Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, CII 9015, 110 8th Street, Troy, New York 12180, USA)

  • Paul Robertson

    (University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA)

  • Avi Shporer

    (Las Cumbres Observatory, Global Telescope Network
    University of California)

  • Robert P. Stefanik

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Martin Still

    (Bay Area Environmental Research Institute/NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Samuel N. Quinn

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

Abstract

Whereas large planets, such as gas giants, are more likely to form around high-metallicity stars, terrestrial-sized planets are found to form around stars with a wide range of metallicities, indicating that they may be widespread in the disk of the Galaxy.

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  • Lars A. Buchhave & David W. Latham & Anders Johansen & Martin Bizzarro & Guillermo Torres & Jason F. Rowe & Natalie M. Batalha & William J. Borucki & Erik Brugamyer & Caroline Caldwell & Stephen T. Br, 2012. "An abundance of small exoplanets around stars with a wide range of metallicities," Nature, Nature, vol. 486(7403), pages 375-377, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:486:y:2012:i:7403:d:10.1038_nature11121
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11121
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