The Transits of Extrasolar Planets with Moons

Can we detect the moons of extrasolar planets? For two decades, astronomers have made enormous progress in the detection and characterisation of exoplanetary systems but the identification of an "exomoon" is notably absent. In this thesis, David Kipping shows how transiting planets may be...

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Auteur principal: Kipping, David M.
Format: Livre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Édition:1st ed. 2011.
Collection:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research
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Edition sous un autre format:• The Transits of extrasolar planets with moons, Doctoral Thesis accepted by University College London, United Kingdom, David M. Kipping, Berlin, Springer, 2011, 1 vol. (XVII - 200 p.), Springer Theses, 978-3-642-22268-9
• The Transits of Extrasolar Planets with Moons, Texte imprimé, 9783642271205
• The Transits of Extrasolar Planets with Moons, Texte imprimé, 9783642222702
Table des matières:
  • 1 Introduction 2 Extrasolar Moons 3 The Transiting Planet 4 Timing the Transit 5 Transit Distortions 6 Transit Timing Effects due to an Exomoon 7 Detectability of Habitable Exomoons with Kepler-Class Photometry 8 Conclusions & Future Work A Notations & Acronyms