Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-08-21
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Opening review presented at IAU Symposium 253 "Transiting Planets", to appear in conference proceedings of the same title; 8 p
Scientific paper
In this introductory review presented at the IAU Symposium 253 "Transiting Planets", I summarize the path from the initial 1995 radial-velocity discovery of hot Jupiters to the current rich panoply of investigations that are afforded when such objects are observed to transit their parent stars. Forty transiting exoplanets are now known, and the time for that population to double has dropped below one year. It is only for these objects that we have direct estimates of their masses and radii, and for which (at the current time) we can undertake direct studies of the chemistries and dynamics of their atmospheres. Informed by the successes of hot Jupiter studies, I outline a path for the spectroscopic study of certain habitable exoplanets that obviates the need for direct imaging.
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