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Dynamics of Small Solar System Bodies and Exoplanets [PDF]

, 2010
The Gaia space mission to be operated in early 2012 by the European Space Agency (ESA), will make a huge step in our knowledge of the Sun's neighbor-hood, up to the Magellanic clouds. Somewhat closer, Gaia will also provide ma jor improvements in the science of asteroids, and more generally to our Solar System, either directly or indirectly.
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Toward High-precision Mass Measurements of Two Sub-Neptunes in the K2-266 Planetary System Through Transit Timing

The Astronomical Journal
Sub-Neptunes have been found to be one of the most common types of exoplanets, yet their physical parameters and properties are poorly determined and in need of further investigation.
Ing-Guey Jiang, Li-Chin Yeh, Billy Edwards, Ming Yang, Keivan G. Stassun, Napaporn A-thano   +5 more
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Architecture Classification for Extrasolar Planetary Systems

The Astronomical Journal
This paper presents a classification framework for the architectures of planetary systems based on a complete survey of the confirmed exoplanet population. With nearly 6000 confirmed exoplanets discovered, including more than 300 multiplanet systems with
Alex R. Howe, Juliette C. Becker, Christopher C. Stark, Fred C. Adams   +3 more
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Dependence of Planet Populations on Stellar Mass and Metallicity: A Pebble-accretion-based Planet Population Synthesis Model

The Astrophysical Journal
The formation and evolution of planetary systems are linked to their host stellar environment. In this study, we employ a pebble-accretion-based planet population synthesis model to explore the correlation between planetary properties and stellar mass ...
Mengrui Pan, Beibei Liu, Linjie Jiang, Jiwei Xie, Wei Zhu, Ignasi Ribas   +5 more
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Dynamics of exoplanets and exosatellites in binaries

, 2019
This dissertation is the result of the work made under the supervision of J.A. Docobo, Full Professor in Astronomy and Director of the Ramon María Aller Astronomical Observatory of the University of Santiago de Compostela. The core of the dissertation is a compendium of articles published in peer review publications indexed in the Journal Citation ...
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An Eccentric Sub-Neptune Moving Into the Evaporation Desert

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Though missions such as Kepler, K2, and TESS have discovered >2000 sub-Neptune and Neptunian planets, there is a dearth of such planets at close-in ( P ≲ 3 days) orbits. This feature, called the Neptune desert or the evaporation desert, is believed to be
Sydney A. Jenkins, Andrew Vanderburg, Ritika Sethi, Sarah Millholland, Joseph E. Rodriguez, Luca Fossati, Andreas Krenn, Emily Pass, Alexander Venner, R. Paul Butler, Hugh Osborn, Aaron Householder, Carl Ziegler, Juliette Becker, Perry Berlind, Allyson Bieryla, Christopher Broeg, Michael L. Calkins, Jeffrey D. Crane, Tansu Daylan, Julien de Wit, Jason D. Eastman, David Ehrenreich, Gilbert A. Esquerdo, Michael Fausnaugh, Yadira Gaibor, David W. Latham, Monika Lendl, Andrew W. Mayo, Gaetano Scandariato, Steve Shectman, Stephanie Striegel, Johanna Teske, Thomas G Wilson   +33 more
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Ocean Circulation on Tide-locked Lava Worlds: 3D Modeling with a Simple Boundary Iteration Method

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Tide-locked lava worlds are surface-melted rocky planets under a 1:1 tidally locked orbit (i.e., synchronously rotating) with orbital period being equal to rotation period and with permanent hot dayside and cold nightside.
Jun Yang, Chengyao Tang, Zimu Wang, Yanhong Lai, Wanying Kang   +4 more
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Resonant and Ultra-short-period Planet Systems Are at Opposite Ends of the Exoplanet Age Distribution

The Astronomical Journal
Exoplanet systems are thought to evolve on secular timescales over billions of years. This evolution is impossible to directly observe on human timescales in most individual systems.
Stephen P. Schmidt, Kevin C. Schlaufman, Jacob H. Hamer   +2 more
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The composition and dynamics of exoplanet atmospheres. [PDF]

The study of exoplanets has rapidly developed in the last twenty years, and the detailed characterization of planetary atmospheres has become a key area of research.\ud \ud For transiting planets around bright stars, atmospheric features can be detected with transmission spectroscopy.
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Coupled Planetary Interior and Tidal Evolution

The Astrophysical Journal
We present a new planetary structure/thermal evolution model, designed for use in problems that couple orbital dynamics with planetary structure. We first benchmark our structural/thermal evolution calculations against the MESA stellar evolution code ...
Tim Hallatt, Sarah Millholland
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