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First attempt in searching for HD209458b's exosphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Claire Moutou
Affiliation:
ESO, Casilla 19001, Santiago, Chile
Athena Coustenis
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 5 Place Jules Janssen
Jean Schneider
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 5 Place Jules Janssen
Richard St Gilles
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, 5 Place Jules Janssen
Michel Mayor
Affiliation:
Geneva Observatory, 51 ch. des Maillettes, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
Didier Queloz
Affiliation:
Geneva Observatory, 51 ch. des Maillettes, 1290 Sauverny, Switzerland
Andreas Kaufer
Affiliation:
ESO, Casilla 19001, Santiago, Chile

Abstract

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The transit of the planet orbiting HD209458 has been observed using VLT/UVES, in search for faint signatures of an extended envelope of gas possibly surrounding the planet, called exosphere. Preliminary results are shown and described. They show no evidence so far of exospheric signatures.

Type
Part I: Discovery and study of extrasolar planets - current
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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