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Estimation Of Planetary Photometric Emissions For Extremely Close-In Exoplanets, Jennifer L. Carter
Estimation Of Planetary Photometric Emissions For Extremely Close-In Exoplanets, Jennifer L. Carter
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The fine precision of photometric data available from missions like Kepler provide researchers with the ability to measure changes in light on the order of tens of parts per million (ppm). This level of precision allows researchers to measure the loss of light due to exoplanet transits as well as the light emitted by an exoplanet, or planetary photometric emissions. The planetary photometric emissions are due to the thermal emissions of the exoplanet, and reflected stellar light. In many cases it is assumed that the incident stellar light may be modeled as plane parallel rays. For extremely close-in exoplanets the …
Transits Of Non-Spherical Exoplanets, Bertrand Carado
Transits Of Non-Spherical Exoplanets, Bertrand Carado
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The recent years have shed light on amazing new worlds across the galaxy. It has been demonstrated that the Solar System is only one of many other systems. The Kepler Space Observatory, which was launched by NASA in 2009, has greatly contributed to expand knowledge of exoplanets whose characteristics (how massive they are, their size, orbital period, temperature...) vary on a surprisingly large scale. As an example, the least massive exoplanet known today has twice the mass of the moon [1]. The most massive exoplanet has 29 times the mass of Jupiter [2]. Orbital periods of known planets vary between …