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Kepler observations of very low-mass stars
Observations of very low-mass stars with Kepler represent an excellent opportunity to search for planetary transits and to characterize optical photometric...
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PublicaciónLimits on the orbits and masses of moons around currently-known transiting exoplanetsAims: Current and upcoming space missions may be able to detect moons of transiting extra-solar planets. In this context it is important to understand if...
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PublicaciónMarcoPolo-R near earth asteroid sample return missionMarcoPolo-R is a sample return mission to a primitive Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) proposed in collaboration with NASA. It will rendezvous with a primitive NEA...
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PublicaciónMid- and far-infrared spectroscopy of nucleobases: molar extinction coefficients, integrated molar absorptivity, and temperature dependence of the main bandsThe nucleobases, namely the purines adenine and guanine and the pyrimidines cytosine, thymine, and uracil, are the key monomers of the information polymers DNA...
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PublicaciónObservations and modelling of earth's transmission spectrum through lunar eclipses: A window to transiting exoplanet characterizationRecently we were able to retrieve the Earth's transmission spectrum through lunar eclipse observations. This spectrum showed that the depth of most molecular...
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PublicaciónOn the Effects of the Evolution of Microbial Mats and Land Plants on the Earth as a Planet. Photometric and Spectroscopic Light Curves of Paleo-EarthsUnderstanding the spectral and photometric variability of the Earth and the rest of the solar system planets has become of utmost importance for the future...
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PublicaciónOptical properties of Y dwarfs observed with the Gran Telescopio CanariasAims: Our science goals are to characterise the optical properties of Y dwarfs and to study their consistency with theoretical models. Methods: A sample of five...
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CharlaOrganic grains in cometary comaeComets may have played an important role in depositing the organic matter that, between 4,6 and 3,6 billion of years ago, allowed the formation of life on the...
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PublicaciónPhotosynthetic Fluorescence from Earthlike Planets around Sunlike and Cool StarsRemote sensing of the Earth has demonstrated that photosynthesis is traceable as the vegetation red edge (VRE), which is a steep rise in the reflection spectrum...