A sub-Mercury-sized exoplanet
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Barclay, Thomas
Rowe, Jason F.
Lissauer, Jack J.
Huber, Daniel
Fressin, François
Howell, Steve B.
Bryson, Stephen T.
Chaplin, William J.
Désert, Jean-Michel
Lopez, Eric D.
Marcy, Geoffrey W.
Mullally, Fergal
Ragozzine, Darin
Adams, Elisabeth R.
Agol, Eric
Barrado, David
Basu, Sarbani
Bedding, Timothy R.
Buchhave, Lars A.
Christiansen, Jessie L.
Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jørgen
Ciardi, David
Cochran, William D.
Dupree, Andrea K.
Elsworth, Yvonne
Everett, Mark
Fischer, Debra A.
Ford, Eric B.
Fortney, Jonathan J.
Haas, Michael R.
Handberg, Rasmus
Hekker, Saskia
Henze, Christopher E.
Horch, Elliott
Howard, Andrew W.
Hunter, Roger C.
Isaacson, Howard
Jenkins, Jon M.
Karoff, Christoffer
Kawaler, Steven D.
Kjeldsen, Hans
Klaus, Todd C.
Li, Jie
Lillo-Box, Jorge
Lund, Mikkel N.
Lundkvist, Mia
Metcalfe, Travis S.
Miglio, Andrea
Morris, Robert L.
Quintana, Elisa V.
Stello, Dennis
Smith, Jeffrey C.
Still, Martin
Thompson, Susan E.
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Barclay, Thomas, Jason F. Rowe, Jack J. Lissauer, Daniel Huber, François Fressin, Steve B. Howell, Stephen T. Bryson, et al. 2013. A Sub-Mercury-Sized Exoplanet. Nature 494, no. 7438: 452–454. doi:10.1038/nature11914.Abstract
Since the discovery of the first exoplanets1, 2, it has been known that other planetary systems can look quite unlike our own3. Until fairly recently, we have been able to probe only the upper range of the planet size distribution4, 5, and, since last year, to detect planets that are the size of Earth6 or somewhat smaller7. Hitherto, no planets have been found that are smaller than those we see in the Solar System. Here we report a planet significantly smaller than Mercury8. This tiny planet is the innermost of three that orbit the Sun-like host star, which we have designated Kepler-37. Owing to its extremely small size, similar to that of the Moon, and highly irradiated surface, the planet, Kepler-37b, is probably rocky with no atmosphere or water, similar to Mercury.Other Sources
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