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A rocky planet transiting a nearby low-mass star

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  • Zachory K. Berta-Thompson

    (Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Jonathan Irwin

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • David Charbonneau

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Elisabeth R. Newton

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Jason A. Dittmann

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Nicola Astudillo-Defru

    (Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genéve)

  • Xavier Bonfils

    (Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG
    CNRS, IPAG)

  • Michaël Gillon

    (Institut d’Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège)

  • Emmanuël Jehin

    (Institut d’Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de Liège)

  • Antony A. Stark

    (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Brian Stalder

    (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa)

  • Francois Bouchy

    (Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genéve
    Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, UMR 6110 CNRS, Université de Provence)

  • Xavier Delfosse

    (Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG
    CNRS, IPAG)

  • Thierry Forveille

    (Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG
    CNRS, IPAG)

  • Christophe Lovis

    (Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genéve)

  • Michel Mayor

    (Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genéve)

  • Vasco Neves

    (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte)

  • Francesco Pepe

    (Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genéve)

  • Nuno C. Santos

    (Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço, Universidade do Porto, CAUP, Rua das Estrelas
    Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua Campo Alegre)

  • Stéphane Udry

    (Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genéve)

  • Anaël Wünsche

    (Université Grenoble Alpes, IPAG
    CNRS, IPAG)

Abstract

A low-mass star that is just 12 parsecs away from Earth is shown to be transited by an Earth-sized planet, GJ 1132b, which probably has a rock/iron composition and might support a substantial atmosphere.

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  • Zachory K. Berta-Thompson & Jonathan Irwin & David Charbonneau & Elisabeth R. Newton & Jason A. Dittmann & Nicola Astudillo-Defru & Xavier Bonfils & Michaël Gillon & Emmanuël Jehin & Antony A. Stark &, 2015. "A rocky planet transiting a nearby low-mass star," Nature, Nature, vol. 527(7577), pages 204-207, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:527:y:2015:i:7577:d:10.1038_nature15762
    DOI: 10.1038/nature15762
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