Research and development of ground-based transiting extrasolar planet projects

The search for exoplanets has gone from the realm of speculation to being one of the most prolific topics of modern astronomy in the space of just 20 years. In particular, the geometric alignment of transiting exoplanets provides the added opportunity to measure a host of properties of these systems...

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Main Author: Bento, Joao Paulo da Silva
Published: University of Warwick 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.572923