The kepler mission: Astrophysics and eclipsing binaries

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 304, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 391-395

  Koch, D ^a   Borucki, W ^a   Basri, G ^b   Brown, T ^c   Caldwell, D ^d   Christensen Dalsgaard, J ^e   Cochran, W ^f   Dunham, E ^g   Gautier, T N ^h   Geary, J ⁱ   Gilliland, R ^j   Jenkins, J ^d   Kondo, Y ^k   Latham, D ⁱ   Lissauer, J ^a   Monet, D ^l  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^g LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^j STScI   (United States)

^k NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^l FLAGSTAFF STATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

Eclipsing binaries; Extra solar planets; Planet detection; Precision photometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 37849188797     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: 1572946X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-006-9149-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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