A continuum from clear to cloudy hot-Jupiter exoplanets without primordial water depletion

Journal article

Thousands of transiting exoplanets have been discovered, but spectral analysis of their atmospheres has so far been dominated by a small number of exoplanets and data spanning relatively narrow wavelength ranges (such as 1.1–1.7 micrometres). Recent studies show that some hot-Jupiter exoplanets have much weaker water absorption features in their near-infrared spectra than predicted1,2,3,4,5. The low amplitude of water signatures could be explained by very low water abundances6,7,8, which may ...

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Authors: Sing, D; Fortney, J; Nikolov, N; Wakeford, H; Kataria, T

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Nature Research Publisher's website
• Journal: Nature Journal website
• Volume: 529
• Pages: 59-62
• Publication date: 2015-12-14
• Acceptance date: 2015-10-01
• DOI: 10.1038/nature16068
• EISSN: 1476-4687
• ISSN: 0028-0836
• Pmid: 26675732
• Language: English
• Keywords: Spectrophotometry, Infrared; Pressure; Planets; Jupiter; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Temperature; Extraterrestrial Environment; Atmosphere; SBTMR; Exoplanets; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Journal Article; Astronomy and astrophysics; Water; Telescopes