Direct detection at last

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 1999 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 402, pages 732-733 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: Adam Burrows; Roger Angel;

doi: 10.1038/45401

Direct detection at last

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Astronomers have previously inferred the existence of giant extrasolar planets from the wobble they generate in their parent star. Now, the shadow caused by a planet passing in front of its star, and the probable detection of reflected light from a planet orbiting a very bright star, provide direct evidence for their existence. Such studies offer a way to probe the chemical composition and atmospheres of extrasolar planets.

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