Binary stars are rather common
A large planet orbiting close to a star is probably a failed star, or would have been a star if there was more material in the nebula in which it formed.
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- The Origin and Nature of Neptune-like Planets Orbiting Close to Solar Type Stars
- Binary stars are rather common
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- Observational Constraints on Dust Disk Lifetimes: Implications for Planet Formation
- Photometric searches for transiting planets: results and challenges
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- Dust in Resonant Extrasolar Kuiper Belts - Grain Size and Wavelength Dependence of Disk Structure
- Polarization of Starlight by Unresolved and Oblate Extra-solar Planet in Elliptical Orbit
- Ultra low-mass star and substellar formation in sigma Orionis
- Atmospheric Chemistry in Giant Planets, Brown Dwarfs, and Low-Mass Dwarf Stars II. Sulfur and Phosphorus
- Photometric searches for transiting planets: results and challenges
- Observational Constraints on Dust Disk Lifetimes: Implications for Planet Formation