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Table 5

Number of transits, NTr, required to detect H2O, CH4, CO2, and O3 with JWST for an Earth-like planet in the HZ of the corresponding host star.

Host star H2O CH4 CO2 O3
GJ 436 31 10 30 209
GJ 1132 14 4 13 142
TRAPPIST-1 12 3 10 172
GJ 1214 17 4 15 171
LHS 1140 25 5 21 354
GJ 3470 91 17 80 792
NLTT 41135 47 9 41 711
K2-18 93 18 80 824
LHS 6343 167 33 140 1332
Kepler-42 168 30 106 2880
K2-25 233 42 184 5887

Notes. All values have been rounded up to the next integer.

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