Terrestrial Exoplanet Light Curves
Astrophysics
2009-11-11 v1
Abstract
The phase or orbital light curves of extrasolar terrestrial planets in reflected or emitted light will contain information about their atmospheres and surfaces complementary to data obtained by other techniques such as spectrosopy. We show calculated light curves at optical and thermal infrared wavelengths for a variety of Earth-like and Earth-unlike planets. We also show that large satellites of Earth-sized planets are detectable, but may cause aliasing effects if the lightcurve is insufficiently sampled.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0511668,
title = {Terrestrial Exoplanet Light Curves},
author = {Eric Gaidos and Nicholas Moskovitz and Darren M. Williams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0511668},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
To appear in Proceedings of the IAU Colloquium 200, Direct Imaging of Exoplanets; Science & Technology, Villefranche-sur-mer, France, October 2-7, 2005