Clouds in the atmosphere of the super-Earth exoplanet GJ 1214b

Laura Kreidberg (), Jacob L. Bean, Jean-Michel Désert, Björn Benneke, Drake Deming, Kevin B. Stevenson, Sara Seager, Zachory Berta-Thompson, Andreas Seifahrt and Derek Homeier
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Laura Kreidberg: University of Chicago
Jacob L. Bean: University of Chicago
Jean-Michel Désert: CASA, University of Colorado
Björn Benneke: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Drake Deming: University of Maryland, College Park
Kevin B. Stevenson: University of Chicago
Sara Seager: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Zachory Berta-Thompson: Harvard University
Andreas Seifahrt: University of Chicago
Derek Homeier: Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon, 69364 Lyon, France

Nature, 2014, vol. 505, issue 7481, 69-72

Abstract: The transmission spectrum of the super-Earth exoplanet GJ 1214b is observed to be featureless at near-infrared wavelengths and its atmosphere must contain clouds to be consistent with the data.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1038/nature12888

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