The detectability of extrasolar planet surroundings
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The detectability of extrasolar planet surroundings
It is expected that the next generation of high-contrast imaging instruments will deliver the first unresolved image of an extrasolar planet. The emitted thermal infrared light from the planet should show no phase effect assuming the planet is in thermal equilibrium. But the reflected visible light will vary with phase angle. Here we study the photometric variation of the reflected light with o...
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomy & Astrophysics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0004-6361,1432-0746
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20035720