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Detecting solar-system gas giants analogs in reflected light with ELTs

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2006

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Sackett, Penny

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Cambridge University Press

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Cool, extrasolar gas giants similar to Jupiter and Saturn in our own Solar System should be detectable by virtue of the light they reflect in the optical and near-infrared with the next generation of Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs) equipped with adaptive optics systems. Broad band imaging or very low-resolution spectra should then enable the characterization of the orbit, mass, atmospheric scattering properties, and presence of large rings in these gas giant analogues.

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/19421

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Book chapter

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The Scientific Requirements for Extremely Large Telescopes: Proceedings of the 232nd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union

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10.1017/S1743921306000925

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