A ground-based transmission spectrum of the super-Earth exoplanet GJ 1214b

Nature

Volumn 468, Issue 7324, 2010, Pages 669-672

  Bean, Jacob L ^a,b   Kempton, Eliza Miller Ricci ^c   Homeier, Derek ^b  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

HYDROGEN; JUPITER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SPECTRUM; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CLOUD; GJ 1214B; HAZE; MASS; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 78649876162     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09596     Document Type: Article

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