The Hunt for Exomoons with Kepler (HEK). I. Description of a new observational project

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 750, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Kipping, D M ^a   Bakos, G A ^b   Buchhave, L ^c   Nesvorny D ^d   Schmitt, A ^e  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Citizen Scientist   (United States)

Author keywords

methods: data analysis; occultations; planetary systems; planets and satellites: general; techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860327066     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/750/2/115     Document Type: Article

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