EXOFIT: Orbital parameters of extrasolar planets from radial velocities

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 394, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1936-1944

  Balan, Sreekumar T ^a,b   Lahav, Ofer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HD 159868 planetary systems; HD 187085 stars; Individual; Methods; Numerical methods; Radial velocities stars; Statistical techniques

Indexed keywords

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORBITS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STARS; VELOCITY;

HD 159868-PLANETARY SYSTEM; HD 187085-STAR; INDIVIDUAL; METHOD; ORBITAL PARAMETERS; PLANETARY SYSTEM; RADIAL VELOCITY; RADIAL VELOCITY DATUM; RADIAL VELOCITY-STAR; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 73649141208     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: 13652966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.14385.x     Document Type: Article

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