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Host Stars and How Their Compositions Influence Exoplanets

Youngblood, Allison; Hinkel, Natalie R.; Soares-Furtado, Melinda

It has become a common practice within the exoplanet field to say that "to know the star is to know the planet." The properties of the host star have a strong, direct influence on the interior and surface conditions of the orbiting planet and oftentimes measurements of planetary properties are made relative to the star's properties. Not only are o…