Thermal phase curves of nontransiting terrestrial exoplanets - I. Characterizing atmospheres

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Table 1

Properties of known nearby low-mass planets (d < 15 pc, Msini < 16 M_⊕) compared to the modeled planet.

Name	HD 40307b^(a)	GJ 581e^(b)	GJ 581b^(b)	GJ 176b^(c)	61Virb^(d)	GJ 876d^(e)	GJ 1214b^(f)	GJ 674b^(g)	55Cnce^(h)	Model

M [M_⊕]	4.77	2.19	18.48	9.70	5.88	7.85	5.7	15.01	8.57	9.5
a [AU]	0.047	0.028	0.041	0.066	0.050	0.020	0.014	0.040	0.016	0.05
P [days]	4.31	3.15	5.37	8.80	4.22	1.93	1.58	4.69	0.73	8
e	0	0	0	0	0.12	0.21	0.27	0.20	0	0
M_∗ [M_⊙]	0.80	0.31	0.31	0.5	0.95	0.33	0.16	0.35	0.96	0.31
d [pc]	13.0	6.2	6.2	9.4	8.5	4.7	13.0	4.5	13.0	10

Notes. Except for GJ 1214 b and 55Cnc e, which are transiting, the mass is given for an assumed inclination of 60°.

References.

^(a)

Mayor et al. (2009c),

^(b)

Mayor et al. (2009a),

^(c)

Forveille et al. (2009),

^(d)

Vogt et al. (2010),

^(e)

Rivera et al. (2010),

^(f)

Charbonneau et al. (2009),

^(g)

Bonfils et al. (2007),

^(h)

Winn et al. (2011).

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