Search for a habitable terrestrial planet transiting the nearby red dwarf GJ 1214

Search for a habitable terrestrial planet transiting the nearby red dwarf GJ 1214

High-precision eclipse spectrophotometry of transiting terrestrial exoplanets represents a promising path for the first atmospheric characterizations of habitable worlds and the search for life outside our solar system. The detection of terrestrial planets transiting nearby late-type M-dwarfs could...

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Main Authors: Gillon, M. (Author), Madhusudhan, Nikku (Author), Deming, D. (Author), Knutson, Heather A. (Author), Lanotte, A. A. (Author), Bonfils, X. (Author), Delrez, L. (Author), Jehin, Emmanuel (Author), Fraine, Jonathan D. (Author), Magain, P. (Author), Demory, Brice-Olivier (Contributor), Seager, Sara (Contributor), Zsom, Andras (Contributor), Desert, J.-M (Author), Triaud, Amaury (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences, 2015-07-29T12:24:34Z.
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