A nearby M star with three transiting super-Earths discovered by K2
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by troyw
http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.03798
Wow, this is a campaign 1 target and I am fairly surprised at how quickly a result has come out. It should be noted that this target was part of several GO programs, and as I suspected, there is no monopoly as far as I can see on these targets just because they are listed as a GO program. Tax payers paid for and continue to pay for Kepler, not various science teams.
What a cool find...
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by Artman40
So that makes 4 exoplanets total for K2 mission. I've noticed how clear the transit signals are. That would mean that finding even sub-Earths would be possible.
However, when will Kepler team start adding Kepler designations for K2 planets and stars?
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by Shellface
Since it's barely been a month, this has certainly been rushed out… but it's still good. The star is fairly bright and lies on the celestial equator, so I expect vigorous follow-up in the near future.
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by Artman40
It is unfortunate that Kepler had only one observing wavelength. It would have been so useful to have near-infrared detector as well.
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Thank you for sharing Troy!
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by troyw
No problem, and here is a good article on this system:
http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/info/press-releases/K2-epic201/
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by Artman40
The question is: were the brighter stars examined for transits beforehand?
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Wonderfully promising news : )
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