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Observing Exoplanets in the Near-Infrared from a High Altitude Balloon Platform

Parmentier, Vivien; Lewis, Nikole K.; Pascale, Enzo +8 more

Although there exists a large sample of known exoplanets, little data exists that can be used to study their global atmospheric properties. This deficiency can be addressed by performing phase-resolved spectroscopy — continuous spectroscopic observations of a planet’s entire orbit about its host star — of transiting exoplanets. Planets with charac…