An extended upper atmosphere around the extrasolar planet HD209458b

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6928, 2003, Pages 143-146

  Vidal Madjar, A ^a   Lecaveller des Etangs, A ^a   Desert J M ^a   Ballester, G E ^b   Ferlet, R ^a   Hebrard G ^a   Mayor, M ^c  

^a INSTITUT D'ASTROPHYSIQUE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS ABSORPTION; HYDROGEN; PLANETS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EXTRASOLAR PLANETS;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; COSMOS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VELOCITY;

ATMOSPHERE; GASES; HYDROGEN; PLANETS;

EID: 0037435005     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01448     Document Type: Article

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