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

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, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Howard Isaacson, Debra A. Fischer, Steve B. Howell, Elliott P. Horch, Jon M. Jenkins, Simon C. Schuler and Justin Crepp
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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
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

Nature, 2013, vol. 499, issue 7456, 55-58

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.

Date: 2013
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