Sentences with phrase «multiple candidate planets»
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Charles Lineweaver and Timothy Bovaird of the Australian National University in Canberra have now applied the equation to 64 other known systems that contain multiple planets or planet candidates.
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However, Kepler observed hundreds of stars that have multiple planet candidates.
Thus, through multiplicity the lioness can be reliably identified in much the same way multiple planet candidates can be found around the same star.
«We've now developed a process to verify multiple planet candidates in bulk to deliver planets wholesale, and have used it to unveil a veritable bonanza of new worlds.»
In contrast, t... ▽ More We present a statistical analysis that demonstrates that the overwhelming majority of Kepler candidate multiple transiting systems (multis) indeed represent true, physically - associated transiting planets.
We show that this statistical framework correctly estimates the ab... ▽ More We extend the statistical analysis of Lissauer et al. (2012, ApJ 750, 112), which demonstrates that the overwhelming majority of Kepler candidate multiple transiting systems (multis) represent true transiting planets, and develop therefrom a procedure to validate large numbers of planet candidates in multis as bona fide exoplanets.
The process is based on probability and focuses on host stars that have multiple planet candidates.
We find that the occurrence rate of planet candidates that show TTVs is significantly increased (~ 68 %) for planet candidates transiting stars with multiple transiting planet candidate when compared to planet candidates transiting stars with a single transiting planet candidate.
We apply this method to an analysis of the transit timing variations of two stars with multiple transiting planet candidates identified by Kepler.
Validation of Kepler's Multiple Planet Candidates.
Abstract: About one - third of the ~ 1200 transiting planet candidates detected in the first four months of \ ik data are members of multiple candidate systems.
The distribution of observed period ratios sh... ▽ More About one - third of the ~ 1200 transiting planet candidates detected in the first four months of \ ik data are members of multiple candidate systems.
When compared to the 827 systems with only one candidate, the multip... ▽ More In this letter we present an overview of the rich population of systems with multiple candidate transiting planets found in the first four months of Kepler data.