Sentences with phrase «k2 planet discoveries»
Characterizing K2 planet discoveries: A super-Earth transiting the bright K - dwarf HIP 116454.
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Our new -LCB- \ em Spitzer -RCB- observations were taken two years after the original K2 discovery data and have a significantly higher cadence, allowing us to derive improved estimates for this planet's radius, semi-major axis, and orbital period, which greatly reduce the uncertainty in the prediction of near future transit times for the -LCB- \ em James Webb Space Telescope -RCB--LRB--LCB- \ em JWST -RCB--RRB- observations.
These discoveries from K2 provide a snapshot of planet formation and evolution in cluster environments and thus make excellent laboratories to test differences between field - star and cluster planet populations.
Here we report the discovery of three small planets orbiting a bright (Ks = 8.6 mag) M0 dwarf using data collected as part of K2, the new transit survey using the re-purposed Kepler spacecraft.
Our curated catalog of planet candidates provides a starting point for future efforts to confirm and characterize K2 discoveries.
Abstract: We report on the discovery and characterization of the transiting planet K2 - 39b (EPIC 206247743b).
The reason for this is poorly understood, but may reflect differences in planet occurrence around the relatively high - mass stars that... ▽ More We report on the discovery and characterization of the transiting planet K2 - 39b (EPIC 206247743b).
The researchers achieved this extraordinary discovery of exoplanets by combining NASA's K2 mission data with follow - up observations by Earth - based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, the twin Gemini telescopes on Maunakea and in Chile, the Automated Planet Finder of the University of California Observatories and the Large Binocular Telescope operated by the University of Arizona.