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Planetary Candidates Observed By Kepler. Vi. Planet Sample from Q1-Q16 (47 Months)

Mullally, F.; Coughlin, Jeffrey L.; Thompson, Susan E.; Rowe, Jason; Burke, Christopher; Latham, David W.; Batalha, Natalie M.; Bryson, Stephen T.; Christiansen, Jessie; Henze, Christopher E.; Ofir, Aviv; Quarles, Billy; Shporer, Avi; Van Eylen, Vincent; Van Laerhoven, Christa; Shah, Yash; Wolfgang, Angie; Chaplin, W. J.; Xie, Ji-Wei; Akeson, Rachel; Argabright, Vic; Bachtell, Eric; Barclay, Thomas; Borucki, William J.; Caldwell, Douglas A.; Campbell, Jennifer R.; Catanzarite, Joseph H.; Cochran, William D.; Duren, Riley M.; Fleming, Scott W.; Fraquelli, Dorothy; Girouard, Forrest R.; Haas, Michael R.; Helminiak, Krzysztof G.; Howell, Steve B.; Huber, Daniel; Larson, Kipp; Gautier, Thomas N., III; Jenkins, Jon M.; Li, Jie; Lissauer, Jack J.; McArthur, Scot; Miller, Chris; Morris, Robert L.; Patil-Sabale, Anima; Plavchan, Peter; Putnam, Dustin; Quintana, Elisa V.; Ramirez, Solange; Aguirre, V. Silva; Seader, Shawn; Smith, Jeffrey C.; Steffen, Jason H.; Stewart, Chris; Stober, Jeremy; Still, Martin; Tenenbaum, Peter; Troeltzsch, John; Twicken, Joseph D.; Zamudio, Khadeejah A. (2015-04)

We present the sixth catalog of Kepler candidate planets based on nearly four years of high precision photometry. This catalog builds on the legacy of previous catalogs released by the Kepler project and includes 1493 new ...

Kepler-22B: A 2.4 Earth-Radius Planet In The Habitable Zone Of A Sun-Like Star

Borucki, William J.; Koch, David G.; Batalha, Natalie; Bryson, Stephen T.; Rowe, Jason; Fressin, Francois; Torres, Guillermo; Caldwell, Douglas A.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jorgen; Cochran, William D.; DeVore, Edna; Gautier, Thomas N., III; Geary, John C.; Gilliland, Ronald; Gould, Alan; Howell, Steve B.; Jenkins, Jon M.; Latham, David W.; Lissauer, Jack J.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Sasselov, Dimitar; Boss, Alan; Charbonneau, David; Ciardi, David; Kaltenegger, Lisa; Doyle, Laurance; Dupree, Andrea K.; Ford, Eric B.; Fortney, Jonathan; Holman, Matthew J.; Steffen, Jason H.; Mullally, Fergal; Still, Martin; Tarter, Jill; Ballard, Sarah; Buchhave, Lars A.; Carter, Josh; Christiansen, Jessie L.; Demory, Brice-Olivier; Desert, Jean-Michel; Dressing, Courtney; Endl, Michael; Fabrycky, Daniel; Fischer, Debra; Haas, Michael R.; Henze, Christopher; Horch, Elliott; Howard, Andrew W.; Isaacson, Howard; Kjeldsen, Hans; Johnson, John Asher; Klaus, Todd; Kolodziejczak, Jeffery; Barclay, Thomas; Li, Jie; Meibom, Soren; Prsa, Andrej; Quinn, Samuel N.; Quintana, Elisa V.; Robertson, Paul; Sherry, William; Shporer, Avi; Tenenbaum, Peter; Thompson, Susan E.; Twicken, Joseph D.; Van Cleve, Jeffrey; Welsh, William F.; Basu, Sarbani; Chaplin, William; Miglio, Andrea; Kawaler, Steven D.; Arentoft, Torben; Stello, Dennis; Metcalfe, Travis S.; Verner, Graham A.; Karoff, Christoffer; Lundkvist, Mia; Lund, Mikkel N.; Handberg, Rasmus; Elsworth, Yvonne; Hekker, Saskia; Huber, Daniel; Bedding, Timothy R.; Rapin, William (2012-02)

A search of the time-series photometry from NASA's Kepler spacecraft reveals a transiting planet candidate orbiting the 11th magnitude G5 dwarf KIC 10593626 with a period of 290 days. The characteristics of the host star ...

Hd 91669B: A New Brown Dwarf Candidate From The McDonald Observatory Planet

Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Endl, Michael; Cochran, William D.; Ramirez, Ivan; Reffert, Sabine; MacQueen, Phillip J.; Shetrone, Matthew (2009-03)

We report the detection of a brown dwarf candidate orbiting the metal-rich K dwarf HD 91669, based on radial-velocity data from the McDonald Observatory Planet Search. HD 91669b is a substellar object in an eccentric orbit ...

A Four-Planet System Orbiting The K0V Star HD 141399

Vogt, Steven S.; Butler, R. Paul; Rivera, Eugenio J.; Kibrick, Robert; Burt, Jennifer; Hanson, Russell; Meschiari, Stefano; Henry, Gregory W.; Laughlin, Gregory (2014-06)

We present precision radial velocity (RV) data sets from Keck-HIRES and from Lick Observatory's new Automated Planet Finder Telescope and Levy Spectrometer on Mt. Hamilton that reveal a multiple-planet system orbiting the ...

Transiting Exoplanets From The CoRoT Space Mission XII. CoRoT-12B: A Short-Period Low-Density Planet Transiting A Solar Analog Star

Gillon, M.; Hatzes, A.; Csizmadia, S.; Fridlund, M.; Deleuil, M.; Aigrain, S.; Alonso, R.; Auvergne, M.; Baglin, A.; Barge, P.; Barnes, S. I.; Bonomo, A. S.; Borde, P.; Bouchy, F.; Bruntt, H.; Cabrera, J.; Carone, L.; Carpano, S.; Cochran, W. D.; Deeg, H. J.; Dvorak, R.; Endl, M.; Erikson, A.; Ferraz-Mello, S.; Gandolfi, D.; Gazzano, J. C.; Guenther, E.; Guillot, T.; Havel, M.; Hebrard, G.; Jorda, L.; Leger, A.; Llebaria, A.; Lammer, H.; Lovis, C.; Mayor, M.; Mazeh, T.; Montalban, J.; Moutou, C.; Ofir, A.; Ollivier, M.; Patzold, M.; Pepe, F.; Queloz, D.; Rauer, H.; Rouan, D.; Samuel, B.; Santerne, A.; Schneider, J.; Tingley, B.; Udry, S.; Weingrill, J.; Wuchterl, G. (2010)

We report the discovery by the CoRoT satellite of a new transiting giant planet in a 2.83 days orbit about a V = 15.5 solar analog star (M(*) = 1.08 +/- 0.08 M(circle dot), R(*) = 1.1 +/- 0.1 R(circle dot), T(eff) = 5675 ...

Transiting Exoplanets From The Corot Space Mission XIV. CoRoT-11B: A Transiting Massive >Hot-Jupiter> In A Prograde Orbit Around A Rapidly Rotating F-Type Star

Gandolfi, D.; Hebrard, G.; Alonso, R.; Deleuil, M.; Guenther, E. W.; Fridlund, M.; Endl, M.; Eigmuller, P.; Csizmadia, S.; Havel, M.; Aigrain, S.; Auvergne, M.; Baglin, A.; Barge, P.; Bonomo, A. S.; Borde, P.; Bouchy, F.; Bruntt, H.; Cabrera, J.; Carpano, S.; Carone, L.; Cochran, W. D.; Deeg, H. J.; Dvorak, R.; Eisloffel, J.; Erikson, A.; Ferraz-Mello, S.; Gazzano, J. C.; Gibson, N. B.; Gillon, M.; Gondoin, P.; Guillot, T.; Hartmann, M.; Hatzes, A.; Jorda, L.; Kabath, P.; Leger, A.; Llebaria, A.; Lammer, H.; MacQueen, P. J.; Mayor, M.; Mazeh, T.; Moutou, C.; Ollivier, M.; Patzold, M.; Pepe, F.; Queloz, D.; Rauer, H.; Rouan, D.; Samuel, B.; Schneider, J.; Stecklum, B.; Tingley, B.; Udry, S.; Wuchterl, G. (2010-12)

The CoRoT exoplanet science team announces the discovery of CoRoT-11b, a fairly massive hot-Jupiter transiting a V = 12.9 mag F6 dwarf star (M(*) = 1.27 +/- 0.05 M(circle dot), R(*) = 1.37 +/- 0.03 R(circle dot), T(eff) = ...

Lithium Abundances In Nearby FGK Dwarf And Subgiant Stars: Internal Destruction, Galactic Chemical Evolution, And Exoplanets

Ramirez, Ivan; Fish, J. R.; Lambert, David L.; Prieto, Carlos Allende (2012-09)

We derive atmospheric parameters and lithium abundances for 671 stars and include our measurements in a literature compilation of 1381 dwarf and subgiant stars. First, a "lithium desert" in the effective temperature (T-eff) ...

Transiting Exoplanets From The CoRoT Space Mission XXIII. CoRoT-21B: A Doomed Large Jupiter Around A Faint Subgiant Star

Patzold, M.; Endl, M.; Csizmadia, S.; Gandolfi, D.; Jorda, L.; Grziwa, S.; Carone, L.; Pasternacki, T.; Aigrain, S.; Almenara, J. M.; Alonso, R.; Auvergne, M.; Baglin, A.; Barge, P.; Bonomo, A. S.; Borde, P.; Bouchy, F.; Cabrera, J.; Cavarroc, C.; Cochran, W. B.; Deleuil, M.; Deeg, H. J.; Diaz, R.; Dvorak, R.; Erikson, A.; Ferraz-Mello, S.; Fridlund, M.; Gillon, M.; Guillot, T.; Hatzes, A.; Hebrard, G.; Leger, A.; Llebaria, A.; Lammer, H.; MacQueen, P. J.; Mazeh, T.; Moutou, C.; Ofir, A.; Ollivier, M.; Parviainen, H.; Queloz, D.; Rauer, H.; Rouan, D.; Santerne, A.; Schneider, J.; Tingley, B.; Weingrill, J.; Wuchterl, G. (2012-09)

CoRoT-21, a F8IV star of magnitude V = 16 mag, was observed by the space telescope CoRoT during the Long Run 01 ( LRa01) in the first winter field (constellation Monoceros) from October 2007 to March 2008. Transits were ...

The Spin-Orbit Alignment of the HD 17156 Transiting Eccentric Planetary System

Cochran, William D.; Redfield, Seth; Endl, Michael; Cochran, Anita L. (2008-08)

We present high- precision radial velocity observations of HD 17156 during a transit of its eccentric Jovian planet. In these data, we detect the Rossiter- McLaughlin effect, which is an apparent perturbation in the velocity ...

The Pan-Pacific Planet Search. II. Confirmation Of A Two-Planet System Around Hd 121056

Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Wang, Lifan; Liu, Fan; Horner, Jonathan; Endl, Michael; Johnson, John A.; Tinney, C. G.; Carter, B. D. (2015-02)

Precise radial velocities from the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT) confirm the presence of a rare short-period planet around the K0 giant HD 121056. An independent two-planet solution using the AAT data shows that the ...