A high C/O ratio and weak thermal inversion in the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-12b

Nature

Volumn 469, Issue 7328, 2011, Pages 64-67

  Madhusudhan, Nikku ^a,j   Harrington, Joseph ^b   Stevenson, Kevin B ^b   Nymeyer, Sarah ^b   Campo, Christopher J ^b   Wheatley, Peter J ^c   Deming, Drake ^d   Blecic, Jasmina ^b   Hardy, Ryan A ^b   Lust, Nate B ^b   Anderson, David R ^e   Collier Cameron, Andrew ^f   Britt, Christopher B T ^b   Bowman, William C ^b   Hebb, Leslie ^g   Hellier, Coel ^e   Maxted, Pierre F L ^e   Pollacco, Don ^h   West, Richard G ⁱ  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^g VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^j PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; METHANE; OXYGEN;

CARBON; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; JUPITER; MAGNITUDE; METHANE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN; PHOTOMETER; SILICATE; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER VAPOR; WAVELENGTH;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY; IRRADIATION; PHOTOMETRY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 78650990935     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09602     Document Type: Article

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