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A transiting giant planet with a temperature between 250K and 430K

Mazeh, T.; Aigrain, S.; Alonso, R. +58 more

Of the over 400 known exoplanets, there are about 70 planets that transit their central star, a situation that permits the derivation of their basic parameters and facilitates investigations of their atmospheres. Some short-period planets, including the first terrestrial exoplanet (CoRoT-7b), have been discovered using a space mission designed to …

The changing phases of extrasolar planet CoRoT-1b

de Mooij, Ernst J. W.; Albrecht, Simon; Snellen, Ignas A. G.

Hot Jupiters are a class of extrasolar planet that orbit their parent stars at very short distances. They are expected to be tidally locked, which can lead to a large temperature difference between their daysides and nightsides. Infrared observations of eclipsing systems have yielded dayside temperatures for a number of transiting planets. The day…