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15:30 Venus transit: probing the thickness of the planet atmosphere | Angelo Gambino (Universita` degli studi di Palermo) @ Aula OAPA
Venus transit: probing the thickness of the planet atmosphere | Angelo Gambino (Universita` degli studi di Palermo) @ Aula OAPA
Dec 12 @ 15:30 – 16:30
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One interesting question regarding the interaction between stars and planets and the birth of life is how the planetar atmosphere shields the stellar radiation. In particular, we expect that high energy radiation less penetrates into the planetary atmosphere. One implication is that, in principle, the planet should appear larger in a stellar transit observed in high energy bands. Venus transits
12 December 2013