Three Red Suns in the Sky: A Transiting, Terrestrial Planet in a Triple M-dwarf System at 6.9 pc

We present the discovery from Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) data of LTT 1445Ab. At a distance of 6.9 pc, it is the second nearest transiting exoplanet system found to date, and the closest one known for which the primary is an M dwarf. The host stellar system consists of three mid-t...

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Autores principales: Winters, Jennifer G., Medina, Amber A., Irwin, Jonathan M., Charbonneau, David, Astudillo Defru, Nicola, Horch, Elliott P., Eastman, Jason D., Vrijmoet, Eliot Halley, Henry, Todd J., Diamond-Lowe, Hannah, Winston, Elaine, Barclay, Thomas, Bonfils, Xavier, Ricker, George R., Vanderspek, Roland, Latham, David W., Seager, Sara, Winn, Joshua N., Jenkins, Jon M., Udry, Stéphane, Twicken, Joseph D., Teske, Johanna K., Tenenbaum, Peter, Pepe, Francesco, Murgas, Felipe, Muirhead, Philip S., Mink, Jessica, Lovis, Christophe, Levine, Alan M., Lépine, Sébastien, Jao, Wei-Chun, Henze1, Cristopher E., Furész, Gábor, Forveille, Thierry, Figueira, Pedro, Esquerdo, Gilbert A., Dressing, Courtney D., Díaz, Rodrigo F., Delfosse, Xavier, Burke, Christopher J., Bouchy, François, Berlind, Perry, Almenara, José Manuel
Formato: Artículo (Article)
Idioma:Inglés (English)
Publicado: The Astronomical Journal 2020
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Acceso en línea:http://repositoriodigital.ucsc.cl/handle/25022009/2022