Re-Evaluating WASP-12b
An outline of the paper: Re-Evaluating WASP-12b: Strong Emission at 2.315 micron, Deeper Occultations, and an Isothermal Atmosphere, by Crossfield et al. WASP-12b is an…
The Diversity of Exoplanet Atmospheres
An outline of the paper: Re-Evaluating WASP-12b: Strong Emission at 2.315 micron, Deeper Occultations, and an Isothermal Atmosphere, by Crossfield et al. WASP-12b is an…
An outline of the paper: 3.6 AND 4.5 μm PHASE CURVES AND EVIDENCE FOR NON-EQUILIBRIUM CHEMISTRY IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF EXTRASOLAR PLANET HD 189733B by Knutson…
So, after the transit of Venus, back to other planetary transits far, far away. Tomorrow, the Hubble Space Telescope will turn to WASP-17, to measure…
An outline of the paper: A TWO-DIMENSIONAL INFRARED MAP OF THE EXTRASOLAR PLANET HD 189733B by Majeau, Agol & Cowan. Transiting systems offer two ways to…
The First Known Transiting Planet HD 209458 b was the first planet confirmed using the transit method. The light dimming due to its transit was…
Why are some hot Jupiters so much larger than standard models would allow? The debate on the “inflation” of hot Jupiters started right after the…
An outline of the paper: Discovery and Atmospheric Characterization of Giant Planet Kepler-12b: An Inflated Radius Outlier by J. J. Fortney et al. The Kepler space telescope…
An outline of the paper: Formation of hot Neptunes by evaporation of hot Jupiters by G. Boue et al. Close-in gas giant planets, “hot Jupiters”, are…
