A 25.3 day periodicity in the timing of the pulsar PSR B1257+12: A planet or a heliospheric propagation effect?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 540, Issue 1 PART 2, 2000, Pages

  Wolszczan, A ^a,b   Hoffman, I M ^c   Konacki, M ^b   Anderson, S B ^d   Xilouris, K M ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interplanetary medium; Planetary systems; Pulsars: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 5244269823     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/312872     Document Type: Article

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