The orbital motion, absolute mass and high-altitude winds of exoplanet HD 209458b

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7301, 2010, Pages 1049-1051

  Snellen, Ignas A G ^a   De Kok, Remco J ^b   De Mooij, Ernst J W ^a   Albrecht, Simon ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COSMOLOGY; IRRADIATION; MASS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE; PLANETARY ROTATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; VELOCITY PROFILE;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77953953528     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09111     Document Type: Article

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