Probing the extreme planetary atmosphere of WASP-12b
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Probing the extreme planetary atmosphere of WASP-12b
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عنوان ژورنال: Icarus
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0019-1035
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.04.003