Absence of a planetary signature in the spectra of the star 51 Pegasi

Nature

Volumn 385, Issue 6619, 1997, Pages 795-796

  Gray, David F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031057241     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/385795a0     Document Type: Article

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