Observations of Hot-Jupiter occultations combining Spitzer and Kepler photometry

We present the status of an ongoing program which aim at measuring occultations by their parent stars of transiting hot giant exoplanets discovered recently by Kepler. The observations are obtained in the near infrared with WarmSpitzer Space Telescope and at optical wavelengths by combining more...

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Main Authors: Knutson H., Fressin F., Fortney J., Madhusudhan N., Charbonneau D., Désert J. M., Deming D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2011-02-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20101103007