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The Diversity of Exoplanets
Course
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12 h
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- Self-paced
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- 6 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
Week 1 - Introduction: History and context
Week 2 - Planet detection I: the mass and orbital characterisation of systems
Week 3 - Planet detection II: the power of transit
Week 4 - Statistical results I: mass‐separation‐radius
Week 5 - Statistical results II: orbital characteristics and architecture of systems
Week 6 - Observational approach to planetary atmospheres
Week 2 - Planet detection I: the mass and orbital characterisation of systems
Week 3 - Planet detection II: the power of transit
Week 4 - Statistical results I: mass‐separation‐radius
Week 5 - Statistical results II: orbital characteristics and architecture of systems
Week 6 - Observational approach to planetary atmospheres
Prerequisite
None
Instructors
- Francesco Pepe - Department of Astronomy
- Stéphane Udry - Department of Astronomy
- Maxime Marmier - Department of Astronomy
- Damien Ségransan - Department of Astronomy
- Didier Queloz - Department of Astronomy
- Michel Mayor - Department of Astronomy
- Christophe Lovis - Department of Astronomy
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