A proposed search of the solar neighborhood for substellar objects

doi:10.1016/0019-1035(80)90143-8

Icarus

Volume 44, Issue 3, December 1980, Pages 772-779

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Abstract

The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) program will produce an extremely sensitive all-sky survey over the wavelength region 8 to 120 μm when the mission is flown in 1982. These data will provide a novel opportunity to detect planetary-sized objects having masses <0.08M_⊙ or near our solar system. The improved detection limit of the IRAS will greatly increase the volume of space searched for such objects as compared with previous optical and infrared studies.

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A proposed search of the solar neighborhood for substellar objects

Abstract

Icarus

Infrared astronomical satellite

Opt. Eng.

Can ‘invisible’ bodies be observed in the Solar System?

Nature

Optical infrared sky survey

Astron. J.

Rediscussion of local space density of M dwarf stars

Astron. J.

The structure and evolution of Jupiter: The fluid contraction stage

Astrophys. J.

Evolution of low mass stars. V. Minimum mass for the deuterium main sequenc

Astrophys. J.

Has the Sun a companion star?

Nature

Has the Sun really got a companion star?

Nature

Intrinsic luminosities of the Jovian Planets

Rev. Geophys. Space Phys.