The changing phases of extrasolar planet CoRoT-1b

Nature

Volumn 459, Issue 7246, 2009, Pages 543-545

  Snellen, Ignas A G ^a   De Mooij, Ernst J W ^a   Albrecht, Simon ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL VARIATION; PLANET; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; REFLECTIVITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOMETRY; LIGHT; NIGHT; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 66449098519     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08045     Document Type: Article

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