The Transit Method

Extrasolar Planets: Formation, Detection and Dynamics

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 207-240

  Rauer, Heike ^a   Erikson, Anders ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Characterizing factors of transit searches; Detected transiting planets; Detection probabilities; Extrasolar planets; Light curves; Transit method; Transit signal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889485977     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527621361.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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