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Table 1
List of symbols (Hui & Seager 2002).
| Symbol | Meaning |
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| k B | Boltzmann constant |
| t | time |
| T | temperature |
| g | surface gravity |
| μ | mean molecular weight |
| m H | hydrogen atom mass |
| H | atmospheric scale height |
| α | refractive coefficient |
| F | normalised flux |
| W | occultation kernel |
| D OL | observer–lens (observer–planet) distance |
| D LS | lens–source (planet–star) distance |
| τ | optical depth |
| R 0 | planet radius |
| ρ 0 | atmospheric mass density at R0 |
|
source position in the sky plane |
|
image position in the sky plane |
| θ ∗ | star-centre position in the sky plane |
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