# Transit Detectability of Ring Systems around Extrasolar Giant Planets

@article{Barnes2004TransitDO,
title={Transit Detectability of Ring Systems around Extrasolar Giant Planets},
author={Jason W. Barnes and Jonathan J. Fortney},
journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
year={2004},
volume={616},
pages={1193-1203}
}
• Published 21 September 2004
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• The Astrophysical Journal
We investigate whether rings around extrasolar planets could be detected from those planets' transit light curves. To this end, we develop a basic theoretical framework for calculating and interpreting the light curves of ringed planet transits on the basis of the existing framework used for stellar occultations, a technique that has been effective for discovering and probing ring systems in the solar system. We find that the detectability of large Saturn-like ring systems is largest during… Expand

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