1. Frantz MartinacheSubaru TelescopeNew tools toimage new worldsSunday, May 8, 2011 2. Since 1995, many Extrasolar planetshttp://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/Sunday, May 8, 2011…
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Slide 1 A Search for Habitable Planets 1 NASA’s first mission to detect Earth-size planets orbiting in the habitable zone of sun-like stars. Launched March 6, 2009 Slide…
Slide 1Spectroscopic Transits Slide 2 The Rossiter-McClaughlin Effect 1 1 0 +v –v 2 3 4 2 3 4 The R-M effect occurs in eclipsing systems when the companion crosses in front…
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Slide 1 Transit Searches: Results I.Results from individual transit searche programs II. Interesting cases III. Spectroscopic Transits IV. In-transit spectroscopy V. Radiated…
Slide 1 Extrasolar Planets More that 500 extrasolar planets have been discovered In 46 planetary systems through radial velocity surveys, transit observations, direct imaging…
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