The phase-dependent infrared brightness of the extrasolar planet υ Andromedae b

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5799, 2006, Pages 623-626

  Harrington, Joseph ^a,b   Hansen, Brad M ^c   Luszcz, Statia H ^b,d   Seager, Sara ^e   Deming, Drake ^f   Menou, Kristen ^g   Cho, James Y K ^h   Richardson, L Jeremy ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^h QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORBITS; PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE TELESCOPES;

ANDROMEDAE; COLD ANTISTELLAR (NIGHT); HOT SUBSTELLAR (DAY); SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE;

ASTRONOMY;

HEAT FLOW; INFRARED RADIATION; JUPITER; ORBITAL FORCING; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT LOSS; INFRARED RADIATION; MASS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION;

ASTRONOMY; PLANETS;

EID: 33750474095     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1133904     Document Type: Article

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