Possible thermochemical disequilibrium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet GJ 436b

Possible thermochemical disequilibrium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet GJ 436b

The nearby extrasolar planet GJ 436b—which has been labelled as a ‘hot Neptune’—reveals itself by the dimming of light as it crosses in front of and behind its parent star as seen from Earth. Respectively known as the primary transit and secondary eclipse, the former constrains the planet’s radius a...

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Main Authors: Stevenson, Kevin B., Nymeyer, Sarah, Madhusudhan, Nikku, Seager, Sara, Bowman, William C., Hardy, Ryan A., Deming, Drake, Rauscher, Emily, Lust, Nate B., Harrington, Joseph, III
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/74060
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-6948

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