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Detectability of Habitable Exomoons with \(\boldsymbol {\it Kepler}\)-Class Photometry

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The Transits of Extrasolar Planets with Moons

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In Chzp. 6, I discussed how extrasolar moons may be detected around transiting planets by searching for timing deviations in both transit minima and duration (TTV and TDV respectively). Whilst the theory and modelling of these effects has been covered in detail in the previous chapter, there has been little discussion of how feasible this enterprise actually is.

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Notes

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    Defined as the duration between contact points 1 and 2, which is generally equivalent to the egress duration.

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    Guidelines available from http://keplergo.arc.nasa.gov/proposal.html

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    Available from http://whitedwarf.org/parallel/

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    See http://kepler.nasa.gov/sci

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Kipping, D.M. (2011). Detectability of Habitable Exomoons with \(\boldsymbol {\it Kepler}\)-Class Photometry. In: The Transits of Extrasolar Planets with Moons. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22269-6_7

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