Simultaneous characterization of the atmospheres,surfaces,and exomoons of nearby rocky exoplanets

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摘要 Atmosphericcompositionisanimportantindicatorofhabitabilityandlife.ThepresenceorabsenceofalargeexomoonaroundanEarth-sizeexoplanetcouldhaveimportantconsequencesforplanetclimatestability.ThusthedetectionofexomoonsandretrievalofinformationregardingatmosphericcompositionofEarth-sizeexoplanetsareimportantgoalsoffutureexoplanetobservations.Hereadataanalysismethodisdevelopedtoachievebothgoalssimultaneously,basedonreflectionspectraofexoplanet-exomoonsystems.Weshowthattheexistenceofexomoons,thesizeofexomoons,andtheconcentrationsofsomeatomicandmolecularspeciesintheatmospheresoftheirhostingEarth-likeexoplanetscanberetrievedwithhighlevelsofreliability.Inaddition,themethodcanprovidewell-constrainedfractionsofbasicsurfacetypesonthetargetsbecauseofthecharacteristicspectralfeaturesofatmosphericspeciesandsurfacetypesintheanalyzedspectralrange.
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出版日期 2018年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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