Recognition of the First Observational Evidence of an Extrasolar Planetary System
Abstract
With 20-20 hindsight, it is now possible to say that the first observational indication - by any means - of the existence of an extrasolar planetary system came almost a century ago when van Maanen discovered and noted the spectrum of the nearest single white dwarf to Earth.
- Publication:
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19th European Workshop on White Dwarfs
- Pub Date:
- June 2015
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1410.2575
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1410.2575
- Bibcode:
- 2015ASPC..493..291Z
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- To appear in the 2015 PASP Conference Proceedings of the "19th European White Dwarf Workshop" (held 11-15 August 2014 in Montreal, Canada)