Toward detection of terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of our closest neighbor: Proxima Centauri

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 488, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1149-1153

  Endl, M ^a   Kurster M ^b  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Stars: individual: proxima Centauri; Stars: planetary systems; Techniques: radial velocities

Indexed keywords

IODINE; ORBITS; PHOTORESISTS; SEPARATION; STARS; TESTING;

CIRCULAR ORBITS; EARTH MASS; EARTH-LIKE PLANETS; EXTRA-SOLAR PLANETS; GROUND-BASED; IODINE CELL TECHNIQUE; LINE INDEX; LIQUID SURFACES; LOW-MASS; NEPTUNE; PERIOD SEARCH; PROXIMA CENTAURI; RADIAL VELOCITY; STARS: INDIVIDUAL: PROXIMA CENTAURI; STARS: PLANETARY SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUES: RADIAL VELOCITIES; TERRESTRIAL PLANETS; TEST SIGNALS; TIME SPAN; UPPER LIMITS;

PLANETS;

EID: 51949089188     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810058     Document Type: Article

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