The discovery of an inner giant planet in the unusually massive solar system around the star HR 8799 creates an ensemble of planets that is difficult to explain with prevailing theories of planet formation. See Letter p.1080
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
References
Marois, C., Zuckerman, B., Konopacky, Q. M., Macintosh, B. & Barman, T. Nature 468, 1080–1083 (2010).
Marois, C. et al. Science 322, 1348–1352 (2008).
Nero, D. & Bjorkman, J. E. Astrophys. J. 702, L163–L167 (2009).
Bowler, B. P., Liu, M. C., Dupuy, T. J. & Cushing, M. C. Astrophys. J. 723, 850–868 (2010).
Moro-Martín, A., Rieke, G. H. & Su, K. Y. L. Astrophys. J. 721, L199–L202 (2010).
Lagrange, A.-M. et al. Science 329, 57–59 (2010).
Close, L. M. & Males, J. R. Astrophys. J. 709, 342–348 (2010).
Beuzit, J.-L. et al. Astron. Soc. Pacif. Conf. Ser. 430, 231 (2010).
Macintosh, B. A. et al. Proc. SPIE 7015, 701518 (2008).
Green, T. P., Schneider, G. & EXCEDE Mission Team Bull. Am. Astron. Soc. 39, 975 (2007).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Additional information
This article and the paper under discussion1 were published online on 8 December 2010.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Close, L. A giant surprise. Nature 468, 1048–1049 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09716
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature09716
This article is cited by
-
Exoplanets cast doubt on astronomical theories
Nature (2010)
