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Atmospheric Composition
During the transit of a planet, light of the star is is blocked by single molecules abundant in the planet's atmosphere. The assignment is oft ambiguous.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, CSA, Ralf Crawford (STScI), Joseph Olmsted (STScI)
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