Kepler-9: A System of Multiple Planets Transiting a Sun-Like Star, Confirmed by Timing Variations

M. J. Holman, D. C. Fabrycky, Darin Ragozzine, Eric B. Ford, J. H. Steffen, W. F. Welsh, J. J. Lissauer, D. W. Latham, G. W. Marcy, L. M. Walkowicz, N. M. Batalha, J. M. Jenkins, J. F. Rowe, W. D. Cochran, F. Fressin, G. Torres, L. A. Buchhave, D. D. Sasselov, W. J. Borucki, D. G. Koch, G. Basri, T. M. Brown, D. A. Caldwell, D. Charbonneau, E. W. Dunham, T. N. Gautier, J. C. Geary, R. L. Gilliland, M. R. Haas, S. B. Howell, D. R. Ciardi, M. Endl, D. Fischer, G. Fürész, J. D. Hartman, H. Isaacson, J. A. Johnson, P. J. MacQueen, Althea Moorhead, Robert Morehead, J. A. Orosz

October 1, 2010

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[ Graphics of Kepler-9 and TTV Method. Credit NASA]

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WUFT, August 30, 2010.
Recipe for a planetary system: Inside Nova, August 27, 2010.
Planet Hunters Bag Systems With Super-Earths and Double Saturns: Wired Science, August 26, 2010.
Kepler telescope finds two planets & a possible new use: Christian Science Monitor, August 26, 2010.
Astronomers Identify Two New Solar Systems: NPR, August 27, 2010.
Kepler Telescope Detects Possible Earth-Size Planet: New York Times, August 26, 2010.
Kepler spies Saturn-sized worlds: BBC News, August, 26, 2010.
Planets' clockwork goes crazy: MSNBC.com, August 26, 2010.
Kepler space telescope finds pair of distant planets, NASA says: CNN.com, August 26, 2010.
NASA Discovers Two New Planets Transiting the Same Star and New Planets (a Lot of Them) in the Cosmic Family: Time, August 26 & 27, 2010.
Kepler probe finds two Saturn-sized planets orbiting a single star 2,000 light years away: Daily Mail, August 26, 2010.
NASA'S Kepler spacecraft discovers planetary system with 'transiting' planets: Washington Post, August 26, 2010.
Two Exoplanets in an Interactive Dance: Sky & Telescope, August 26, 2010.
Newfound Alien Planets May Include Smallest One Yet: Space.com, August 26, 2010.
Synchronised planets could help weigh alien Earths: New Scientist, August 26, 2010.
With Two New Saturns, Kepler Starts Its 'Top 400' Countdown: Science Now Daily News, August 26, 2010.
Astronomers find two large planets, plus possible super-Earth-size one: UF Press Release, August 26, 2010.
NASA's Kepler Mission Discovers Two Planets Transiting the Same Star: NASA News conference, press release & graphics, August 26, 2010.

[Artist impression of Kepler spacecraft with distant solar system. Credit NASA/Kepler mission/Wendy Stenzel ]

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