Convective dynamics in mantle of tidally-locked exoplanets. [PDF]
Nat CommunAbstract Tidal locking imposes distinctive thermal forcing on super-Earth exoplanets in habitable zones, i.e., permanent stellar flux forces extraordinary day-night temperature contrast. However, it may be premature to conclude that life is absent in such supposedly harsh environments—flaming hot on dayside and freezing cold on nightside—when
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Exploring exoplanet dynamics with JWST: Tides, rotation, rings, and moons. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S AAlthough nearly 6,000 exoplanets are currently known, in most cases, our knowledge is limited to a handful of the planet’s orbital characteristics and bulk properties such as radius and mass. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can expand our knowledge not only by probing exoplanet atmospheres but also by measuring additional orbital and physical ...
Millholland SC, Winn JN.
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Analogous response of temperate terrestrial exoplanets and Earth's climate dynamics to greenhouse gas supplement. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Hochman A, Komacek TD, De Luca P.
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Evolution of Planetary Obliquity: The Eccentric Kozai–Lidov Mechanism Coupled with Tide
The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 Planetary obliquity plays a significant role in determining the physical properties of planetary surfaces and climate. As direct detection is constrained due to the present observation accuracy, kinetic theories are helpful for predicting the evolution ...
Xiumin Huang +4 more
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The Sensitivity of Eclipse Mapping to Planetary Rotation
The Astronomical Journal, 2022 Mapping exoplanets across phases and during secondary eclipse is a powerful technique for characterizing Hot Jupiters in emission. Since these planets are expected to rotate about axes normal to their orbital planes, with rotation periods synchronized ...
Arthur D. Adams, Emily Rauscher
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Dynamical Evolution of Closely Packed Multiple Planetary Systems Subject to Atmospheric Mass Loss
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 A gap in exoplanets’ radius distribution has been widely attributed to the photoevaporation threshold of their progenitors’ gaseous envelope. Giant impacts can also lead to substantial mass loss.
Su Wang, D. N. C. Lin
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The Astronomical Journal, 2023 We present a validation of a long-period ( ${91.68278}_{-0.00041}^{+0.00032}$ days) transiting sub-Neptune planet, TOI-1221 b (TIC 349095149.01), around a Sun-like ( m _V = 10.5) star.
Christopher Mann +27 more
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Exploring Climate with Obliquity in a Variable-eccentricity Earth-like World
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 Exploring planetary systems similar to our solar system can provide a means to explore a large range of possibly temperate climates on Earth-like worlds.
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Kepler-80 Revisited: Assessing the Participation of a Newly Discovered Planet in the Resonant Chain
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 In this paper, we consider the chain of resonances in the Kepler-80 system and evaluate the impact that the additional member of the resonant chain discovered by Shallue & Vanderburg has on the dynamics of the system and the physical parameters that can ...
D. Weisserman +2 more
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exoMMR: A New Python Package to Confirm and Characterize Mean Motion Resonances
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 The study of orbital resonances allows for the constraint of planetary properties of compact systems. We can predict a system’s resonances by observing the orbital periods of the planets, as planets in or near mean motion resonance (MMR) have period ...
Mariah G. MacDonald +4 more
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