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Transmission & Emission Spectroscopy: Physical Mechanisms

Exoplanet spectroscopy measures wavelength-dependent planet signals to infer atmospheric composition, temperature, clouds, and circulation. Atmospheric spectroscopy probes climate, chemistry, formation history, escape, circulation, and eventually potential biosignatures on suitable worlds.

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Exoplanet spectroscopy measures wavelength-dependent planet signals to infer atmospheric composition, temperature, clouds, and circulation.

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Atmospheric gases absorb and emit at characteristic wavelengths.

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