'Transiting planet' presentation slideshows

Extrasolar Planet Observational Studies: The Italian Contribution

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Stellar Physics Revealed by Planetary Transits

Stellar Physics Revealed by Planetary Transits. Willie Torres Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. IAU General Assembly, Special Session 13 High Precision Tests of Physics from High-Precision Photometry Beijing, 29 August 2012.

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Atmospheres of Hot Terrestrial Exoplanets

Atmospheres of Hot Terrestrial Exoplanets. Laura Schaefer and Bruce Fegley, Jr. Planetary Chemistry Laboratory Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Washington University, St. Louis, MO http://solarsystem.wustl.edu. What do we expect?.

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Exoplanets for Amateur Astronomers

Exoplanets for Amateur Astronomers. What is an Exoplanet? How are they being found? What is the role of Amateur Astronomy in Exoplanet research?. Taken with Subaru telescope in near infrared. An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System.

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Extrasolar Planetary Transits : Light Curves & Timing Variations

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Extrasolar Planetary Transits : Light Curves & Timing Variations

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A New Method to Validate Planets a nd the Discovery of Kepler-10c

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The Transit Method

The Transit Method. When a planet crosses in front of its star as viewed by an observer, the event is called a transit. Transits produce a very small change in a stars brightness.

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