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Zieba S, Kreidberg L, Ducrot E, Gillon M, Morley C, Schaefer L, Tamburo P, Koll DDB, Lyu X, Acuña L, Agol E, Iyer AR, Hu R, Lincowski AP, Meadows VS, Selsis F, Bolmont E, Mandell AM, Suissa G. No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c. Nature 2023; 620:746-749. [PMID: 37337068 PMCID: PMC10447244 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06232-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
Abstract
Seven rocky planets orbit the nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, providing a unique opportunity to search for atmospheres on small planets outside the Solar System1. Thanks to the recent launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), possible atmospheric constituents such as carbon dioxide (CO2) are now detectable2,3. Recent JWST observations of the innermost planet TRAPPIST-1 b showed that it is most probably a bare rock without any CO2 in its atmosphere4. Here we report the detection of thermal emission from the dayside of TRAPPIST-1 c with the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on JWST at 15 µm. We measure a planet-to-star flux ratio of fp/f⁎ = 421 ± 94 parts per million (ppm), which corresponds to an inferred dayside brightness temperature of 380 ± 31 K. This high dayside temperature disfavours a thick, CO2-rich atmosphere on the planet. The data rule out cloud-free O2/CO2 mixtures with surface pressures ranging from 10 bar (with 10 ppm CO2) to 0.1 bar (pure CO2). A Venus-analogue atmosphere with sulfuric acid clouds is also disfavoured at 2.6σ confidence. Thinner atmospheres or bare-rock surfaces are consistent with our measured planet-to-star flux ratio. The absence of a thick, CO2-rich atmosphere on TRAPPIST-1 c suggests a relatively volatile-poor formation history, with less than [Formula: see text] Earth oceans of water. If all planets in the system formed in the same way, this would indicate a limited reservoir of volatiles for the potentially habitable planets in the system.
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- Sebastian Zieba
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS, AIM, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Astrobiology Research Unit, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Astronomy, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- The Institute for Astrophysical Research, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany
- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, CNES, Institut Origines, LAM, Marseille, France
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- Astrobiology Program, Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- NASA Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, Virtual Planetary Laboratory Team, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
- Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Astrobiology Program, Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- NASA Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, Virtual Planetary Laboratory Team, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Astrobiology Program, Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- NASA Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, Virtual Planetary Laboratory Team, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, Université de Bordeaux, CNRS, B18N, Pessac, France
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- Observatoire Astronomique de l'Université de Genève, Versoix, Switzerland
- Centre Vie dans l'Univers, Université de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
- Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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- Astrobiology Program, Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- NASA Nexus for Exoplanet System Science, Virtual Planetary Laboratory Team, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Way MJ, Ostberg C, Foley BJ, Gillmann C, Höning D, Lammer H, O’Rourke J, Persson M, Plesa AC, Salvador A, Scherf M, Weller M. Synergies Between Venus & Exoplanetary Observations: Venus and Its Extrasolar Siblings. SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS 2023; 219:13. [PMID: 36785654 PMCID: PMC9911515 DOI: 10.1007/s11214-023-00953-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Here we examine how our knowledge of present day Venus can inform terrestrial exoplanetary science and how exoplanetary science can inform our study of Venus. In a superficial way the contrasts in knowledge appear stark. We have been looking at Venus for millennia and studying it via telescopic observations for centuries. Spacecraft observations began with Mariner 2 in 1962 when we confirmed that Venus was a hothouse planet, rather than the tropical paradise science fiction pictured. As long as our level of exploration and understanding of Venus remains far below that of Mars, major questions will endure. On the other hand, exoplanetary science has grown leaps and bounds since the discovery of Pegasus 51b in 1995, not too long after the golden years of Venus spacecraft missions came to an end with the Magellan Mission in 1994. Multi-million to billion dollar/euro exoplanet focused spacecraft missions such as JWST, and its successors will be flown in the coming decades. At the same time, excitement about Venus exploration is blooming again with a number of confirmed and proposed missions in the coming decades from India, Russia, Japan, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Here we review what is known and what we may discover tomorrow in complementary studies of Venus and its exoplanetary cousins.
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- M. J. Way
- NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 10025 USA
- Theoretical Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521 USA
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- Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA USA
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 USA
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
- Department of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstr. 6, 8042 Graz, Austria
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- School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ USA
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- Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paul Sabatier – Toulouse III, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Northern Arizona University, Box 6010, Flagstaff, AZ 86011 USA
- Habitability, Atmospheres, and Biosignatures Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ USA
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- Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstr. 6, 8042 Graz, Austria
- Institute of Physics, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Institute for Geodesy, Technical University, Graz, Austria
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- Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, TX 77058 USA
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Trifonov T, Caballero JA, Morales JC, Seifahrt A, Ribas I, Reiners A, Bean JL, Luque R, Parviainen H, Pallé E, Stock S, Zechmeister M, Amado PJ, Anglada-Escudé G, Azzaro M, Barclay T, Béjar VJS, Bluhm P, Casasayas-Barris N, Cifuentes C, Collins KA, Collins KI, Cortés-Contreras M, de Leon J, Dreizler S, Dressing CD, Esparza-Borges E, Espinoza N, Fausnaugh M, Fukui A, Hatzes AP, Hellier C, Henning T, Henze CE, Herrero E, Jeffers SV, Jenkins JM, Jensen ELN, Kaminski A, Kasper D, Kossakowski D, Kürster M, Lafarga M, Latham DW, Mann AW, Molaverdikhani K, Montes D, Montet BT, Murgas F, Narita N, Oshagh M, Passegger VM, Pollacco D, Quinn SN, Quirrenbach A, Ricker GR, Rodríguez López C, Sanz-Forcada J, Schwarz RP, Schweitzer A, Seager S, Shporer A, Stangret M, Stürmer J, Tan TG, Tenenbaum P, Twicken JD, Vanderspek R, Winn JN. A nearby transiting rocky exoplanet that is suitable for atmospheric investigation. Science 2021; 371:1038-1041. [PMID: 33674491 DOI: 10.1126/science.abd7645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
Spectroscopy of transiting exoplanets can be used to investigate their atmospheric properties and habitability. Combining radial velocity (RV) and transit data provides additional information on exoplanet physical properties. We detect a transiting rocky planet with an orbital period of 1.467 days around the nearby red dwarf star Gliese 486. The planet Gliese 486 b is 2.81 Earth masses and 1.31 Earth radii, with uncertainties of 5%, as determined from RV data and photometric light curves. The host star is at a distance of ~8.1 parsecs, has a J-band magnitude of ~7.2, and is observable from both hemispheres of Earth. On the basis of these properties and the planet's short orbital period and high equilibrium temperature, we show that this terrestrial planet is suitable for emission and transit spectroscopy.
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- T Trifonov
- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Astronómico Hispano-Alemán, Observatorio de Calar Alto, E-04550 Gérgal, Almería, Spain
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA.,University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
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- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Astronomy Department, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.,Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, D-07778 Tautenburg, Germany
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- Astrophysics Group, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut für Astrophysik, Georg-August-Universität, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.,Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA
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- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut de Ciències de l'Espai (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.,Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Departamento de Física de la Tierra y Astrofísica and Instituto de Física de Partículas y del Cosmos, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
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- School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Komaba Institute for Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.,Japan Science and Technology Agency, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan.,Astrobiology Center, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan.,Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany.,Homer L. Dodge Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), E-18008 Granada, Spain
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- Centro de Astrobiología (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas - Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial), E-28692 Villanueva de la Cañada, Madrid, Spain
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- Patashnick Voorheesville Observatory, Voorheesville, NY 12186, USA
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- Hamburger Sternwarte, Universität Hamburg, D-21029 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.,Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.,Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain.,Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
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- Landessternwarte, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Perth Exoplanet Survey Telescope, Perth WA 6010, Australia
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.,NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035, USA
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- Department of Physics and Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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