In the afternoon exoplanet session we covered #exoplanetatmospheres but this time specifically #hotjupiters. Or they could've called it atmospheres 8.... HJs are great targets for all the fun high spectral resolution stuff because they are big and bright and you can even start to map them spatially with clever techniques during eclipse #AAS241

Currently we know of more than 5000 #exoplanets #discovered using a variety of techniques and survey instruments. So far most have been found using the #TransitMethod where we look for tiny dips in #starlight as one of its #planets passes in front of it. However this method tends to more easily pick out planets that are large (like #Jupiter) and close in to their #HostStar - making them #HotJupiters. We have no planets like that in our #SolarSystem, but there are other methods we can use. (2/n)