Exoplanet transit spectroscopy and photometry

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 135, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 345-354

  Seager, S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Exoplanets; Planets

Indexed keywords

PHOTOMETERS; PHOTOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACES;

BUSINESS MEDIA; EXTRA SOLAR PLANETS; GAS-GIANT PLANETS; HOT JUPITERS; MOLECULAR SPECIES; SPECTRA (CO); SPRINGER (CO); SURFACE FEATURES;

PLANETS;

EID: 46749087922     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-008-9308-5     Document Type: Article

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