Characterization of extrasolar terrestrial planets from diurnal photometric variability [1]

Nature

Volumn 412, Issue 6850, 2001, Pages 885-887

  Ford, E B ^a   Seager, S ^b   Turner, E L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ORBITS; PHOTOMETRY; SPACE STATIONS;

PLANETARY SURFACES;

PLANETS;

ASTRONOMY;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; METEOROLOGY; MODEL; PHOTOMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EARTH (PLANET); EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; LIGHT; PHOTOMETRY; PLANETS;

EID: 0035974863     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35091009     Document Type: Article

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