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How Unusual are Stars with Planets?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2017

I. Neill Reid
I. Neill Reid*
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA

Abstract

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Comparative analysis of the parent stars of extrasolar planetary systems and the local disk population shows a strong trend for increasing frequency with increasing abundance. Approximately 4.5% of solar-abundance (−0.15 < [m/H] ≤ +0.15) stars have detectable planetary-mass companions.

Type
Extrasolar Planets
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 213: Bioastronomy 2002: Life Among the stars , 2004 , pp. 51 - 54
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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