An extrasolar planetary system with three Neptune-mass planets

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7091, 2006, Pages 305-309

  Lovis, Christophe ^a   Mayor, Michel ^a   Pepe, Francesco ^a   Alibert, Yann ^b   Benz, Willy ^b   Bouchy, François ^c,d   Correia, Alexandre C M ^e   Laskar, Jacques ^f   Mordasini, Christoph ^b   Queloz, Didier ^a   Santos, Nuno C ^a,g,h   Udry, Stéphane ^a   Bertaux, Jean Loup ⁱ   Sivan, Jean Pierre ^j  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE HAUTE PROVENCE   (France)

^d INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^f Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des ephemerides   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

ⁱ CNRS   (France)

^j AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; GASES; ORBITS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EXTRASOLAR PLANETARY SYSTEM; GASEOUS ENVELOPE; LOW-MASS EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; ROCKY COMPOSITION;

PLANETS;

ASTEROID; ASTRONOMY; EARTH; SIMULATION;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CALCULATION; INFRARED RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY; VELOCITY;

EID: 33745922349     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04828     Document Type: Article

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