12.425 | Fall 2007 | Undergraduate

Extrasolar Planets: Physics and Detection Techniques

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lecture11.pdf

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Lecture summary, written by a student. The focus of this lecture is to discuss energy balance in terms of the flux from the host star and the energy absorbed by a planet, while considering atmospheric circulation. Students will derive the formula for energy balance and learn how scientists calculate planetary equilibrium temperatures.

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