A search for jupiter-mass companions to nearby stars

Icarus

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 359-375

  Walker, Gordon A H ^a,c   Walker, Andrew R ^a   Irwin, Alan W ^b   Larson, Ana M ^b   Yang, Stephenson L S ^b   Richardson, Derek C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0000553246     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1995.1130     Document Type: Article

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