A super-earth and two neptunes orbiting the nearby sun-like star 61 virginis

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 708, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1366-1375

  Vogt, Steven S ^a   Wittenmyer, Robert A ^b   Butler, R Paul ^c   O'Toole, Simon ^d   Henry, Gregory W ^e   Rivera, Eugenio J ^a   Meschiari, Stefano ^a   Laughlin, Gregory ^a   Tinney, C G ^b   Jones, Hugh R A ^d   Bailey, Jeremy ^b   Carter, Brad D ^f   Batygin, Konstantin ^g  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Planetary systems; Stars: individual (61 Vir)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649216110     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/708/2/1366     Document Type: Article

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