A sub-Mercury-sized exoplanet

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, Fergal Mullally, Darin Ragozzine, Guillermo Torres, Elisabeth R. Adams, Eric Agol, David Barrado, Sarbani Basu, Timothy R. Bedding, Lars A. Buchhave, David Charbonneau, Jessie L. Christiansen, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, David Ciardi, William D. Cochran, Andrea K. Dupree, Yvonne Elsworth, Mark Everett, Debra A. Fischer, Eric B. Ford, Jonathan J. Fortney, John C. Geary, Michael R. Haas, Rasmus Handberg, Saskia Hekker, Christopher E. Henze, Elliott Horch, Andrew W. Howard, Roger C. Hunter, Howard Isaacson, Jon M. Jenkins, Christoffer Karoff, Steven D. Kawaler, Hans Kjeldsen, Todd C. Klaus, David W. Latham, Jie Li, Jorge Lillo-Box, Mikkel N. Lund, Mia Lundkvist, Travis S. Metcalfe, Andrea Miglio, Robert L. Morris, Elisa V. Quintana, Dennis Stello, Jeffrey C. Smith, Martin Still and Susan E. Thompson
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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
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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
David Charbonneau: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street
Jessie L. Christiansen: NASA Ames Research Center
Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard: Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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William D. Cochran: McDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin
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Rasmus Handberg: Stellar Astrophysics Centre, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 120, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Jon M. Jenkins: NASA Ames Research Center
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
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
Elisa V. Quintana: NASA Ames Research Center
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
Martin Still: NASA Ames Research Center
Susan E. Thompson: NASA Ames Research Center

Nature, 2013, vol. 494, issue 7438, 452-454

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.

Date: 2013
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