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Earth's spectral albedo from 0.5 to 4.4 um
We have analyzed spectroscopic earthshine data to determine Earth's nightly spectral albedos covering the visible, near and middle infrared spectral ranges...
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PublicationEstimation of the XUV radiation onto close planets and their evaporationContext. The current distribution of planet mass vs. incident stellar X-ray flux supports the idea that photoevaporation of the atmosphere may take place in...
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PublicationExtrasolar Planets: XVI Canary Islands Winter School of AstrophysicsThis volume presents the lectures from the sixteenth Winter School of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, which was dedicated to extrasolar planets...
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PublicationGlobally Integrated Measurements of the Earth's Visible Spectral AlbedoWe report spectroscopic observations of the earthshine reflected from the Moon. By applying our well-developed photometry methodology to spectroscopy, we are...
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PublicationHabitable Planets Eclipsing Brown Dwarfs: Strategies for Detection and CharacterizationGiven the very close proximity of their habitable zones, brown dwarfs (BDs) represent high-value targets in the search for nearby transiting habitable planets...
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TalkIce and organicsIn this talk we present spectroscopy of asteroids 24 Themis and 65 Cybele in the 2-4 μ region obtained with the NASA 3.5m IRTF telescope. Their spectra are very...
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PublicationIdentifying the Rotation Rate and the Presence of Dynamic Weather on Extrasolar Earth-like Planets from Photometric ObservationsWith the recent discoveries of hundreds of extrasolar planets, the search for planets like Earth and life in the universe is quickly gaining momentum. In the...
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PublicationInfrared Spectroscopy of RNA Nucleosides in a Wide Range of TemperaturesThe RNA world hypothesis suggests that early cellular ancestors relied solely on RNA molecules for both genetic information storage and cellular functions. RNA...
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PublicationKepler observations of very low-mass starsObservations of very low-mass stars with Kepler represent an excellent opportunity to search for planetary transits and to characterize optical photometric...