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A sub-Mercury-sized exoplanet

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  • Thomas Barclay

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, 596 First Street West)

  • Jason F. Rowe

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Avenue)

  • Jack J. Lissauer

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Daniel Huber

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • François Fressin

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • Steve B. Howell

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Stephen T. Bryson

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • William J. Chaplin

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, UK)

  • Jean-Michel Désert

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • Eric D. Lopez

    (University of California)

  • Geoffrey W. Marcy

    (UC Berkeley)

  • Fergal Mullally

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Avenue)

  • Darin Ragozzine

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street
    University of Florida, 211 Bryant Space Sciences Center)

  • Guillermo Torres

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • Elisabeth R. Adams

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • Eric Agol

    (Box 351580, University of Washington)

  • David Barrado

    (Calar Alto Observatory, Centro Astronómico Hispano Alemán, Calle Jesús Durbán Remón, E-04004 Almería, Spain
    Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC), ESAC campus, PO Box 78, E-28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain)

  • Sarbani Basu

    (Yale University)

  • Timothy R. Bedding

    (Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia)

  • 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 Charbonneau

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • Jessie L. Christiansen

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Avenue)

  • Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard

    (Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark)

  • David Ciardi

    (NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, California Institute of Technology)

  • William D. Cochran

    (McDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin)

  • Andrea K. Dupree

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • Yvonne Elsworth

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, UK)

  • Mark Everett

    (National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 950 North Cherry Avenue)

  • Debra A. Fischer

    (Yale University)

  • Eric B. Ford

    (University of Florida, 211 Bryant Space Sciences Center)

  • Jonathan J. Fortney

    (University of California)

  • John C. Geary

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • Michael R. Haas

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Rasmus Handberg

    (Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark)

  • Saskia Hekker

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, UK
    Astronomical Institute “Anton Pannekoek”, University of Amsterdam, Postbus 94249, 1090 GE Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

  • Christopher E. Henze

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Elliott Horch

    (Southern Connecticut State University)

  • Andrew W. Howard

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2680 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA)

  • Roger C. Hunter

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Howard Isaacson

    (UC Berkeley)

  • Jon M. Jenkins

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Avenue)

  • Christoffer Karoff

    (Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark)

  • Steven D. Kawaler

    (Iowa State University)

  • Hans Kjeldsen

    (Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark)

  • Todd C. Klaus

    (Orbital Sciences Corporation/NASA Ames Research Center)

  • David W. Latham

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street)

  • Jie Li

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Avenue)

  • Jorge Lillo-Box

    (Centro de Astrobiología (INTA-CSIC), ESAC campus, PO Box 78, E-28691 Villanueva de la Cañada, Spain)

  • Mikkel N. Lund

    (Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark)

  • Mia Lundkvist

    (Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark)

  • Travis S. Metcalfe

    (White Dwarf Research Corporation)

  • Andrea Miglio

    (School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, UK)

  • Robert L. Morris

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Avenue)

  • Elisa V. Quintana

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Avenue)

  • Dennis Stello

    (Sydney Institute for Astronomy, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia)

  • Jeffrey C. Smith

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Avenue)

  • Martin Still

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, 596 First Street West)

  • Susan E. Thompson

    (NASA Ames Research Center
    SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Avenue)

Abstract

Stellar data from the Kepler spacecraft are used to infer the existence of a sub-Mercury-sized exoplanet, the smallest yet discovered, in orbit around a Sun-like star.

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  • Thomas Barclay & Jason F. Rowe & Jack J. Lissauer & Daniel Huber & François Fressin & Steve B. Howell & Stephen T. Bryson & William J. Chaplin & Jean-Michel Désert & Eric D. Lopez & Geoffrey W. Marcy , 2013. "A sub-Mercury-sized exoplanet," Nature, Nature, vol. 494(7438), pages 452-454, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:494:y:2013:i:7438:d:10.1038_nature11914
    DOI: 10.1038/nature11914
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