SPITZER TRANSITS OF THE SUPER-EARTH GJ1214b AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ITS ATMOSPHERE

SPITZER TRANSITS OF THE SUPER-EARTH GJ1214b AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ITS ATMOSPHERE

We observed the transiting super-Earth exoplanet GJ1214b using warm Spitzer at 4.5 μm wavelength during a 20 day quasi-continuous sequence in 2011 May. The goals of our long observation were to accurately define the infrared transit radius of this nearby super-Earth, to search for the secondary ecli...

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Main Authors: Fraine, Jonathan D., Deming, Drake, Demory, Brice-Olivier, Benneke, Bjoern, Seager, Sara, Knutson, Heather A., Desert, Jean-Michel, Lewis, Nikole, Gillon, M., Jehin, Emmanuel
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86115
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-6948

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86115
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6892-6948

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