A spectrum of an extrasolar planet

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The measurement of the infrared spectrum of the transiting extrasolar planet HD 209458b by using the Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) on the Spitzer Space Telescope is presented. The modest size of the Spitzer Space Telescope has limited the measurement to the brightest transiting planet systems, whereas the forthcoming James Webb Space Telescope might provide a sufficient photon flux to measure the spectrum of a transiting hot Earth orbiting a nearby lower-main-sequence star.

Author: Deming, Drake, Seager, Sara, Richardson, L. Jeremy, Harrington, Joseph, Horning, Karen
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
United States, Science & research, Research, Observations, Infrared astronomy, Extrasolar planets, Spitzer Space Telescope (Artificial satellite)

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UK science reshuffled

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The newly elected minister for science, Ian Pearson would preside in office at the newly formed Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), which would treat science as more closely linked to education than to enterprise.

Author: Sanderson, Katharine
Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Ltd.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
United Kingdom, Executive changes & profiles, Science, Space & Tech-Total Govt, Space Research and Technology, Officials and employees, Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Scientific bureaus, Science agencies, Pearson, Ian

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