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Predictions of the WFIRST Microlensing Survey. I. Bound Planet Detection Rates — The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
- Key
- penny2019roman
- Authors
- Penny, Matthew T.; Gaudi, B. Scott; Kerins, Eamonn; Rattenbury, Nicholas J.; Mao, Shude; Calchi Novati, Sebastiano
- Issued
- 2019
- Type
- article-journal
- Container
- The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
- Volume
- 241
- Pages
- 3
Raw CSL JSON
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"DOI": "10.3847/1538-4365/aafb69",
"URL": "https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.02490",
"note": "WFIRST was renamed the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope in 2020.",
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"title": "Predictions of the WFIRST Microlensing Survey. I. Bound Planet Detection Rates",
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2019
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Claims
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The Roman (formerly WFIRST) microlensing survey is predicted to detect about 1,400 bound exoplanets, targeting cold, low-mass planets on orbits beyond roughly 1 AU, with sensitivity down to about 0.02 Earth masses, roughly the mass of Ganymede.
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