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Rate and nature of false positives in the CoRoT exoplanet search*
- Source :
- Astronomy and Astrophysics; October 2009, Vol. 506 Issue: 1 p337-341, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Context. The CoRoT satellite searches for planets by applying the transit method, monitoring up to 12 000 stars in the galactic plane for 150 days in each observing run. This search is contaminated by a large fraction of false positives, caused by different eclipsing binary configurations that might be confused with a transiting planet.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00046361 and 14320746
- Volume :
- 506
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs53147279
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200911926