Do All Main Sequence Stars Have Planets?

01 January 1970 1 9K Report

A sizeable number of exo planets have been discovered using a variety of methods and with many parameters of orbits and many sizes of planets.

With the available information is it possible to apply a statistical model to derive a probability of any other star having planets that lack the special circumstances of discovered planets?

Jerry Decker

Various researchers have attempted the estimate with prediction about 60% or more of stars having planet sized companions.

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