Discovery of a cool planet of 5.5 Earth masses through gravitational microlensing
Bennett, D. P. ; Fouqué, P. ; Williams, A. ; Dominik, M. ; Jørgensen, U. G. ; Kubas, D. ; Cassan, A. ; Coutures, C. ; Greenhill, J. ; Hill, K. ; Menzies, J. ; Sackett, P. D. ; Albrow, M. ; Brillant, S. ; Caldwell, J. A. R. ; Calitz, J. J. ; Cook, K. H. ; Corrales, E. ; Desort, M. ; Dieters, S. ; Dominis, D. ; Donatowicz, J. ; Hoffman, M. ; Kane, S. ; Marquette, J.-B.
[s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
Published 2006
[s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
Published 2006
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Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
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Biology
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Medicine
Natural Sciences in General
Physics
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[Auszug] In the favoured core-accretion model of formation of planetary systems, solid planetesimals accumulate to build up planetary cores, which then accrete nebular gas if they are sufficiently massive. Around M-dwarf stars (the most common stars in our Galaxy), this model favours the formation of ...
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