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UCF, UCLA astronomers first to measure night and day on extrasolar planet

10-12-2006 · EurekAlert!

UCF Professor Joseph Harrington says that studying planetary atmospheres under such exotic conditions puts terrestrial and solar-system meteorology into a universal context, which aids in our understanding of weather on all planets.

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