PLANETARY SCIENCE A cloudy view of exoplanets

被引：2
作者：
Deming, Drake [1 ]
机构：
[1] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Solar Syst Explorat Div, Greenbelt, MD 20771 USA
来源：
NATURE | 2010年 / 468卷 / 7324期
关键词：
TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM; EXTRASOLAR PLANET; HD; 189733B; ATMOSPHERE;
D O I：
10.1038/468636a
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
The lack of absorption features in the transmission spectrum of exoplanet GJ 1214b rules out a hydrogen-rich atmosphere for the planet. It is consistent with an atmosphere rich in water vapour or abundant in clouds. See Letter p.669
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页码：636 / 637
页数：2
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