TW Hydrae: evidence of stellar spots instead of a Hot Jupiter

N. Huélamo, P. Figueira, X. Bonfıls, N. C. Santos, F. Pepe, M. Gillon, Rui Azevedo, Travis Barman, M. Argudo–Fernández, E. Di Folco,

Astronomy and Astrophysics · 2008 · 237 citations · 23 references

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Context. TW Hya is a classical T Tauri star that shows significant radial-velocity variations in the optical regime. These variations have been attributed to a 10 planet orbiting the star at 0.04 AU.

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