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Mahesh Herath
Back to facultyFaculty memberInstitut Trottier de recherche sur les exoplanètesUniversité de Montréal
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Latest papers
An ultra-short-period super-Earth with an extremely high density and an outer companion.
Scientific reports · 2024
1 publications.
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An ultra-short-period super-Earth with an extremely high density and an outer companion.
Livingston JH, Gandolfi D, Trani AA, Herath M, Barragán O, Hatzes A, Luque R, Fukui A, Nowak G, Palle E, Hellier C, Fridlund M, de Leon J, Hirano T, Narita N, Albrecht S, Dai F, Deeg H, Van Eylen V, Korth J, Tamura M
Scientific reports2024
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