Direct detection at last

Adam Burrows () and Roger Angel ()
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Adam Burrows: University of Arizona
Roger Angel: University of Arizona

Nature, 1999, vol. 402, issue 6763, 732-733

Abstract: Astronomers have previously inferred the existence of giant extrasolar planets from the wobble they generate in their parent star. Now, the shadow caused by a planet passing in front of its star, and the probable detection of reflected light from a planet orbiting a very bright star, provide direct evidence for their existence. Such studies offer a way to probe the chemical composition and atmospheres of extrasolar planets.

Date: 1999
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