Seven temperate terrestrial planets around the nearby ultracool dwarf star TRAPPIST-1

M Gillon, AHMJ Triaud, BO Demory, E Jehin, E Agol… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
One aim of modern astronomy is to detect temperate, Earth-like exoplanets that are well
suited for atmospheric characterization. Recently, three Earth-sized planets were detected …

Refining the transit-timing and photometric analysis of TRAPPIST-1: masses, radii, densities, dynamics, and ephemerides

E Agol, C Dorn, SL Grimm, M Turbet… - The planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We have collected transit times for the TRAPPIST-1 system with the Spitzer Space
Telescope over four years. We add to these ground-based, HST, and K2 transit-time …

Temperate Earth-sized planets transiting a nearby ultracool dwarf star

M Gillon, E Jehin, SM Lederer, L Delrez, J de Wit… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Star-like objects with effective temperatures of less than 2,700 kelvin are referred to as
'ultracool dwarfs'. This heterogeneous group includes stars of extremely low mass as well as …

The transit light source effect: false spectral features and incorrect densities for M-dwarf transiting planets

BV Rackham, D Apai, MS Giampapa - The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Transmission spectra are differential measurements that utilize stellar illumination to probe
transiting exoplanet atmospheres. Any spectral difference between the illuminating light …

Observing the atmospheres of known temperate Earth-sized planets with JWST

CV Morley, L Kreidberg, Z Rustamkulov… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Nine transiting Earth-sized planets have recently been discovered around nearby late-M
dwarfs, including the TRAPPIST-1 planets and two planets discovered by the MEarth survey …

VLT/SPHERE imaging survey of the largest main-belt asteroids: Final results and synthesis

P Vernazza, M Ferrais, L Jorda, J Hanuš… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Until recently, the 3D shape, and therefore density (when combining the volume
estimate with available mass estimates), and surface topography of the vast majority of the …

Two temperate super-Earths transiting a nearby late-type M dwarf

L Delrez, CA Murray, FJ Pozuelos, N Narita… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. In the age of JWST, temperate terrestrial exoplanets transiting nearby late-type M
dwarfs provide unique opportunities for characterising their atmospheres, as well as …

A ring system detected around the Centaur (10199) Chariklo

F Braga-Ribas, B Sicardy, JL Ortiz, C Snodgrass… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Hitherto, rings have been found exclusively around the four giant planets in the Solar
System. Rings are natural laboratories in which to study dynamical processes analogous to …

A super-Earth and a sub-Neptune orbiting the bright, quiet M3 dwarf TOI-1266

BO Demory, FJ Pozuelos, YGM Chew, L Sabin… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
We report the discovery and characterisation of a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune transiting
the bright (K= 8.8), quiet, and nearby (37 pc) M3V dwarf TOI-1266. We validate the planetary …

SPECULOOS: Ultracool dwarf transit survey-Target list and strategy

D Sebastian, M Gillon, E Ducrot, FJ Pozuelos… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. One of the most promising avenues for the detailed study of temperate Earth-sized
exoplanets is the detection of such planets in transit in front of stars that are small and near …