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Planetary transits. Sherwood observatory. First transiting exoplanet: HD209458b. Henry et al. 2000, ApJ 529, L41 Charbonneau et al. 2000, ApJ 529, L45. Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP). Mass-radius relation. Jupiter. Pont et al. 2005. Charbonneau et al 2007, ApJ 658, 1327.
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Planetary transits Sherwood observatory
First transiting exoplanet: HD209458b Henry et al. 2000, ApJ 529, L41 Charbonneau et al. 2000, ApJ 529, L45
Mass-radius relation Jupiter
Composition of solar system planets Stevenson 1982 AREPS 10, 257
Transits from space: CoRoT-7b Leger et al. 2009
HD209458b with HST Brown et al. 2001, ApJ 529, L41
Transmission spectroscopy Brown 2001
Detection of sodium in the atmosphere of HD209458b Charbonneau et al. 2002 ApJ 568, 377
Detection of sodium in the atmosphere of HD209458b Charbonneau et al. 2002 ApJ 568, 377
HD209458b Sing et al. 2008 ApJ 686 658 Transmission spectroscopy with HST Pont et al. 2008 MNRAS 385 109 HD189733b
Evaporation of HD209458b Vidal-Madjar et al 2003, Nature 422, 143
The Sun in X-rays Lx < 10-3 LBol
Radial Velocity of 51 Peg b Mayor & Queloz 1995, Nature 378, 23
Rossiter-McLaughlin effect in HD 209458 Measures spin of star Shows 4deg misaligned but same direction as planet orbit Winn et al 2005 ApJ 631, 1215
Retrograde orbit of WASP-17b Anderson et al. 2009
Secondary eclipses Spitzer Space Telescope
HD 209458 at 24 microns Deming et al 2005 Nature 434, 740 Eclipse depth 0.26%
HD209458b at a range of wavelengths Knutson et al. 2008 ApJ 673, 526
CO H20 H20 Knutson et al. 2008, ApJ 673, 526 Temperature inversion in HD209458b
Burrows, Sudarsky & Hubeny 2006 Temperature inversion due to TiO opacity? 4.5 microns 8 microns with Tio/VO without TiO/VO
HD189733b around half an orbitKnutson et al. 2007, Nature 447, 183