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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…