Light interacting with atmosphere
This animation shows how stellar light passing through the atmosphere of an exoplanet interacts with the atoms in the atmosphere. As each element block a specific wavelength of light, it leaves a distinguish pattern in the spectrum of the star.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser
About the Video
| Id: | hubblecast102b |
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| Release date: | 11 October 2017, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1809, heic1802 |
| Related announcements: | ann1712 |
| Duration: | 25 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Type: | Unspecified : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System |
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| Category: | Exoplanets |