Bibcode
Alonso, Roi
Bibliographical reference
Handbook of Exoplanets, ISBN 978-3-319-55332-0. Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature, 2018, id.40
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2018
Citations
15
Refereed citations
14
Description
When an exoplanet passes behind its host star, we can measure the time
of the occultation, its depth, and its color. In this chapter we
describe how these observables can be used to deduce physical
characteristics of the planet such as its averaged dayside emission,
departures from uniform disk illumination, or a precise measurement of
the orbital eccentricity. This technique became a reality in 2005; in
this chapter we describe the basics of the technique, its main results
in the last 12 years, and the prospects for the years to come. This
chapter includes a table with references to all published detections of
secondary eclipses until December 2017.
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