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First results from the Calan–Hertfordshire Extrasolar Planet Search : exoplanets and the discovery of an eccentric brown dwarf in the desert
(2009)
We report the discovery of a brown dwarf on an eccentric orbit and with a semimajor axis that places it in the brown dwarf desert region around the star HD 191760. The star has a spectral type of G3IV/V and a metallicity ...
A metal-biased planet search
(American Institute of Physics (AIP), 2009)
We have begun a metal-rich planet search project using the HARPS instrument in La Silla, Chile to target planets with a high potential to transit their host star and add to the number of bright benchmark transiting planets. ...
The discovery of an M4+T8.5 binary system
(2009)
We report the discovery of a T8.5 dwarf, which is a companion to the M4 dwarf Wolf 940. [Please see original online abstract for complete version with correct notation]