Detecting solar-system gas giant analogs in reflected light with ELTs

Penny D. Sackett

doi:10.1017/S1743921306000925

Detecting solar-system gas giant analogs in reflected light with ELTs

Penny D. Sackett^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Cool, extrasolar gas giants similar to Jupiter and Saturn in our own Solar System should be detectable by virtue of the light they reflect in the optical and near-infrared with the next generation of Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs) equipped with adaptive optics systems. Broad band imaging or very low-resolution spectra should then enable the characterization of the orbit, mass, atmospheric scattering properties, and presence of large rings in these gas giant analogues.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	356-361
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Volume	1
Issue number	S232
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921306000925
Publication status	Published - 2005

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Detecting solar-system gas giant analogs in reflected light with ELTs

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