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Title: Benchmarking Substellar Evolutionary Models Using New Age Estimates for HD 4747 B and HD 19467 B
Award ID(s):
1715788 1636624
NSF-PAR ID:
10099377
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume:
873
Issue:
1
ISSN:
1538-4357
Page Range / eLocation ID:
83
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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