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The same frequency of planets inside and outside open clusters of stars

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  • Søren Meibom

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Guillermo Torres

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Francois Fressin

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • David W. Latham

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Jason F. Rowe

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • David R. Ciardi

    (NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, California Institute of Technology)

  • Steven T. Bryson

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Leslie A. Rogers

    (California Institute of Technology)

  • Christopher E. Henze

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Kenneth Janes

    (Boston University)

  • Sydney A. Barnes

    (Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics, Potsdam 14467, Germany
    Space Science Institute)

  • Geoffrey W. Marcy

    (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Howard Isaacson

    (University of California, Berkeley)

  • Debra A. Fischer

    (Yale University)

  • Steve B. Howell

    (NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Elliott P. Horch

    (Southern Connecticut State University)

  • Jon M. Jenkins

    (SETI Institute/NASA Ames Research Center)

  • Simon C. Schuler

    (National Optical Astronomy Observatory)

  • Justin Crepp

    (University of Notre Dame)

Abstract

The transits of two Sun-like stars by small planets in an open star cluster are reported; such a stellar environment is unlike that of most planet-hosting field stars, and suggests that the occurrence of planets is unaffected by the stellar environment in open clusters.

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  • Søren Meibom & Guillermo Torres & Francois Fressin & David W. Latham & Jason F. Rowe & David R. Ciardi & Steven T. Bryson & Leslie A. Rogers & Christopher E. Henze & Kenneth Janes & Sydney A. Barnes &, 2013. "The same frequency of planets inside and outside open clusters of stars," Nature, Nature, vol. 499(7456), pages 55-58, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:499:y:2013:i:7456:d:10.1038_nature12279
    DOI: 10.1038/nature12279
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