Exoplanet atmospheres: a brand-new and rapidly expanding research field
Abstract
The field of exoplanets is quickly expanding from just the detectionof new planets and the measurement of their most basic parameters,such as mass, radius and orbital configuration, to the firstmeasurements of their atmospheric characteristics, such astemperature, chemical composition, albedo, dynamics andstructure. Here I will overview some the main findings on exoplanetatmospheres until September 2010, first from space and just in thepast two years also from the ground.
- Publication:
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Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VI
- Pub Date:
- November 2011
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1012.2157
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1012.2157
- Bibcode:
- 2011hsa6.conf...60L
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 13 pages, 5 figures, to appear on the Proceedings of the IX Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society, September 13-17 2010, Madrid, Spain. Added some references and new text