Towards the Albedo of an Exoplanet: MOST Satellite Observations of Bright Transiting Exoplanetary Systems
Abstract
The Canadian MOST satellite is a unique platform for observations of bright transiting exoplanetary systems. Providing nearly continuous photometric observations for up to 4 weeks, MOST can produce important observational data to help us learn about the properties of exosolar planets. We review our current observations of HD 209458 and HD 189733 with implications for the albedo and our progress towards detecting reflected light from an exoplanet.
- Publication:
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Transiting Planets
- Pub Date:
- February 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921308026318
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0807.1928
- Bibcode:
- 2009IAUS..253..121R
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 7 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the Proceedings of IAU Symposium 253, "Transiting Planets", May 2008, Cambridge, MA