Temperate Earth-sized planets transiting a nearby ultracool dwarf star.
Michaël Gillon,
Emmanuël Jehin,
Susan M Lederer,
Laetitia Delrez,
Julien de Wit,
Artem Burdanov,
Valérie Van Grootel,
Adam J Burgasser,
Amaury HMJ Triaud,
Cyrielle Opitom,
Brice-Olivier Demory,
Devendra K Sahu,
Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi,
Pierre Magain,
Didier Queloz
Jul 19, 2021
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 brown dwarfs (substellar objects not massive...