Solution

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For a hot Jupiter transiting a Sun-sized star,
a one-percent baseline transit. Taking , , and an -dominated mean molecular mass gives an atmospheric scale height near . A strong band spanning five scale heights then has
or several hundred parts per million; very strong clear-atmosphere features can approach . The spectrum is therefore a roughly one-percent baseline with a localized Gaussian-sized band near and a continuum rising toward short wavelengths when . Clouds reduce both and the observable power-law slope.
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