CHEOPS observations of the HD 108236 planetary system: a fifth planet, improved ephemerides, and planetary radii [PDF]
Context. The detection of a super-Earth and three mini-Neptunes transiting the bright (V = 9.2 mag) star HD 108236 (also known as TOI-1233) was recently reported on the basis of TESS and ground-based light curves. Aims.
A. Bonfanti+108 more
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The case for studying other planetary magnetospheres and atmospheres in Heliophysics [PDF]
Heliophysics is the field that"studies the nature of the Sun, and how it influences the very nature of space - and, in turn, the atmospheres of planetary bodies and the technology that exists there."However, NASA's Heliophysics Division tends to limit ...
I. Cohen+39 more
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A low accretion efficiency of planetesimals formed at planetary gap edges [PDF]
Observations and models of giant planets indicate that such objects are enriched in heavy elements compared to solar abundances. The prevailing view is that giant planets accreted multiple Earth masses of heavy elements after the end of core formation ...
L.E.J. Eriksson+5 more
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Three planets transiting the evolved star EPIC 249893012: a hot 8.8-M⊕ super-Earth and two warm 14.7 and 10.2-M⊕ sub-Neptunes [PDF]
We report the discovery of a new planetary system with three transiting planets, one super-Earth and two sub-Neptunes, that orbit EPIC 249893012, a G8 IV-V evolved star (M⋆ = 1.05 ± 0.05 M⊙, R⋆ = 1.71 ± 0.04 R⊙, Teff = 5430 ± 85 K).
D. Hidalgo+59 more
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Growth after the streaming instability: The radial distance dependence of the planetary growth [PDF]
Streaming instability is hypothesized to be triggered at particular protoplanetary disk locations where the volume density of the solid particles is enriched comparable to that of the gas.
H. Jang, Beibei Liu, A. Johansen
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Quantifying the Key Factors Affecting the Escape of Planetary Atmospheres
The habitability of Earth-like planets is an increasingly important subject in astrophysics and in planetary sciences. Atmospheric escape plays a vital role in the evolution of the habitability of Earth-like planets.
J. Luo+3 more
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Formation of planetary systems by pebble accretion and migration [PDF]
At least 30% of main sequence stars host planets with sizes of between 1 and 4 Earth radii and orbital periods of less than 100 days. We use N-body simulations including a model for gas-assisted pebble accretion and disk–planet tidal interaction to study
B. Bitsch+6 more
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Rossby waves are a pervasive feature of the large-scale motions of the Earth’s atmosphere and oceans. These waves (also known as planetary waves and r-modes) also play an important role in the large-scale dynamics of different astrophysical objects such ...
T. V. Zaqarashvili+16 more
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Vlasov methods in space physics and astrophysics [PDF]
This paper reviews Vlasov-based numerical methods used to model plasma in space physics and astrophysics. Plasma consists of collectively behaving charged particles that form the major part of baryonic matter in the Universe.
M. Palmroth+9 more
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High precision astrometry mission for the detection and characterization of nearby habitable planetary systems with the Nearby Earth Astrometric Telescope (NEAT) [PDF]
A complete census of planetary systems around a volume-limited sample of solar-type stars (FGK dwarfs) in the Solar neighborhood (d ≤ 15 pc) with uniform sensitivity down to Earth-mass planets within their Habitable Zones out to several AUs would be a ...
F. Malbet+51 more
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