Planetary Systems : Extrasolar Planetary Systems
Kepler Team
Space based search for earth-like transiting exoplanetsSpace Astrometry Group
Astrometry with Hubble Telescope's fine guidance sensors
G. Fritz Benedict, Erik Brugamyer, William Cochran, Sally Dodson-Robinson, Michael Endl, Barbara McArthur, Paul Robertson
 | Senior Research Scientist Research Interests Space astrometry; search for extrasolar planetary systems; surface photometry of galaxies; barred galaxies. Group Areas | |
 | Senior Research Scientist Research Interests Searches for extrasolar planetary systems; high-precision measurements of stellar radial velocity variations; variable stars; planetary atmospheres; comets; asteroids. Group Areas | |
 | Assistant Professor Research Interests Planet formation, planet host composition, protostellar disk chemistry, Galactic chemical evolution, debris disks and brown dwarfs. Group Areas | |
 | Research Scientist Research Interests Detection of extrasolar planets and brown dwarf companions. Search for extremely low-mass planets around M dwarf stars. High precision stellar radial velocity measurements. Astrobiology. Group Areas | |
 | Research Scientist Research Interests HST Astrometry; search for extrasolar planets. Group Areas | |
 | Graduate Student Group Areas | |
| Graduate Student | |
Periodogram of the velocity residuals from the two planet Robust model. The spike around 349 days indicates a remaining periodic signal that is not accounted for by the previously known planets. The false alarm probability of the peak is 0.0014%.
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Detection of a Third Planet in the HD 74156 System Using the Hobby-Eberly Telescope astro-ph