Sentences with phrase «planet candidates require»

Not exact matches

The data on the numerous candidates are somewhat preliminary and require validation, but a new analysis by a pair of astrophysicists at the California Institute of Technology suggests that the percentage of false positives among Kepler's candidate planets may be less than 10 percent.

The lower abundance of diluted binaries between 0.1 and 0.4 % transit depth, which possibly continues towards lower - amplitude candidates, may facilitate the transit - searches for small extrasolar planets in both CoRoT data and in upcoming or planned search projects, such as Kepler or PLATO, reducing the load of required follow - up observations.

Candidates require follow - up observations and analysis to verify they are actual planets.

Comparing our sample to the Kepler candidate sample investigated by Fulton et al. (2017), we conclude that more planets are required to quantitatively confirm the gap with K2 candidates or validated planets.