A transiting giant planet with a temperature between 250 K and 430 K.
Of the over 400 known exoplanets, there are about 70 planets that transit their central star, a situation that permits the derivation of their basic parameters and facilitates investigations of their atmospheres. Some short-period planets, including the first terrestrial exoplanet (CoRoT-7b), have b...
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Format: | Journal article |
Sprache: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2010
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