On the Detection of Exorings in Reflected Light with JWST NIRCam
Rachel Bowens-Rubin et al 2025 AJ 170 284 Simulations suggest that JWST’s Near-Infrared Camera should be able to detect ring systems around exoplanets, provided that the rings stretch to…
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