2016MNRAS.461L..92B

Query : 2016MNRAS.461L..92B

2016MNRAS.461L..92B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 461, L92-L96 (2016/September-1)

Habitable worlds with JWST: transit spectroscopy of the TRAPPIST-1 system?

BARSTOW J.K. and IRWIN P.G.J.

Abstract (from CDS):

The recent discovery of three Earth-sized, potentially habitable planets around a nearby cool star, TRAPPIST-1, has provided three key targets for the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Depending on their atmospheric characteristics and precise orbit configurations, it is possible that any of the three planets may be in the liquid water habitable zone, meaning that they may be capable of supporting life. We find that present-day Earth levels of ozone, if present, would be detectable if JWST observes 60 transits for innermost planet 1b and 30 transits for 1c and 1d.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): radiative transfer - methods: data analysis - planets and satellites: atmospheres - planets and satellites: atmospheres

Simbad objects: 4

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Number of rows : 4
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 TRAPPIST-1 LM* 23 06 29.3684948589 -05 02 29.037301866     18.798 16.466 14.024 M7.5e 1306 0
2 TRAPPIST-1b Pl 23 06 29.3684948589 -05 02 29.037301866           ~ 380 0
3 TRAPPIST-1c Pl 23 06 29.3684948589 -05 02 29.037301866           ~ 282 0
4 TRAPPIST-1d Pl 23 06 29.3684948589 -05 02 29.037301866           ~ 263 0

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