{"paper":{"title":"Transit Timing Observations from Kepler: III. Confirmation of 4 Multiple Planet Systems by a Fourier-Domain Study of Anti-correlated Transit Timing Variations","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.EP","authors_text":"(10) San Jose State University, (11) Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology, (12) Centre for Astrophysics Research, (13) University of California, (14) Bay Area Environmental Research Institute/NASA Ames Research Center, (15) National Optical Astronomy Observatory, (16) Department of Physics, (17) Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope, 18), (18) Department of Physics, (19) Niels Bohr Institute, (20) McDonald Observatory, (21) Space Telescope Science Institute, 22), (22) Orbital Sciences Corporation/NASA Ames Research Center), 3), (5) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 6), 6) ((1) Fermilab Center for Particle Astrophysics, (6) NASA Ames Research Center, (7) SETI Institute (8) NASA Exoplanet Science Institute/California Institute of Technology, (9) Astronomy Department, Althea V. Moorhead (1), Avi Shporer (17, Baltimore, Batavia, Berkeley, Christopher K. Middour (6, Copenhagen University, Daniel C. Fabrycky (2, Darin Ragozzine (5), David Charbonneau (5), David G. Koch (6), David R. Ciardi (8), David W. Latham (5), Douglas A. Caldwell (7, Elisa V. Quintana (7, Elliott Horch (16), Eric B. Ford (4), Fergal R. Mullally (7, Forrest R. Girouard (6, Francois Fressin (5), Geoffrey W. Marcy (13), Howard Isaacson (13), IL (2) UCO/Lick Observatory, Jack J. Lissauer (6), Jason F. Rowe (7, Jason H. Steffen (1), Jean-Michel Desert (5), Jeffery Van Cleve (7, Jie Li (7, Jon M. Jenkins (7, Joseph D. Twicken (7, Joshua A. Carter (5, Lars A. Buchhave (18), Mark E. Everett (15), Martin Still (17, Matthew J. Holman (5), Michael Endl (20), Natalie M. Batalha (9), Peter Tenenbaum (7, Philip Lucas (12), Phillip J. MacQueen (20), Robert L. Morris (7, Ron L. Gilliland (21), Samuel N. Quinn (5), San Diego State University, Santa Cruz (3) Hubble Fellow (4) Astronomy Department, Sean McCauliff (10), Southern Connecticut State University, Steve B. Howell (6), Steve Bryson (6), Susan E. Thompson (7, The University of Texas, Thomas N. Gautier III (11), Todd C. Klaus (6, University of California, University of Florida, University of Hertfordshire, William D. Cochran (20), William F. Welsh (8), William J. Borucki (6)","submitted_at":"2012-01-25T23:31:54Z","abstract_excerpt":"We present a method to confirm the planetary nature of objects in systems with multiple transiting exoplanet candidates. This method involves a Fourier-Domain analysis of the deviations in the transit times from a constant period that result from dynamical interactions within the system. The combination of observed anti-correlations in the transit times and mass constraints from dynamical stability allow us to claim the discovery of four planetary systems Kepler-25, Kepler-26, Kepler-27, and Kepler-28, containing eight planets and one additional planet candidate."},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"1201.5412","kind":"arxiv","version":1},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}