'Gj 1214b' presentation slideshows

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Investigating the structure of transiting planets, from hot Jupiters to Kepler super Earths

Investigating the structure of transiting planets, from hot Jupiters to Kepler super Earths. Jonathan Fortney University of California, Santa Cruz Thanks to: Neil Miller (UCSC) , Eric Lopez (UCSC) Eliza Miller-Ricci Kempton (UCSC), Nadine Nettelmann (U. of Rostock) . J. E.

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Space News Update February 24, 2012 -

Space News Update February 24, 2012 -. In the News Story 1: NASA's Spitzer Finds Solid Buckyballs in Space Story 2: Galaxy May Swarm with 'Nomad Planets' Story 3: GJ 1214b: A Steam-Bath World Departments The Night Sky ISS Sighting Opportunities Space Calendar NASA-TV Highlights

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Atmospheres of Super-Earth Exoplanets

Atmospheres of Super-Earth Exoplanets. Korey Haynes May 16, 2011. Image courtesy of NASA. Introduction to Super-Earths. 1-10 Earth masses Rocky make-up Discoveries just beginning. Images courtesy of NASA. Forcing and feedback mechanisms for an Earth-like atmosphere (Von Bloh 2007).

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American Astronomical Society meeting, Jan 9-12, 2012, Austin TX USA

WFC3: Spatially-scanned Spectra of Exoplanet Transits (and more). P . R. McCullough 1 , Z. K. Berta 2 , A. W. Howard 3 , J. MacKenty 1 , & the WFC3 Team ( 1 STScI, 2 Harvard, 3 UC Berkeley ). Table 1: HST Programs using Spatial Scans

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Spectroscopy of sub-Neptune-sized Planets GJ1214b and HD97658b with HST WFC3

Spectroscopy of sub-Neptune-sized Planets GJ1214b and HD97658b with HST WFC3 P. R. McCullough (STScI), Z. K. Berta (Harvard), A. W. Howard (UC Berkeley) & J. MacKenty (STScI). ABSTRACT

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