Simultaneous Infrared Observations of the Jovian Auroral Ionosphere and Thermosphere. [PDF]
Abstract Simultaneous observations of H3+ ${\mathrm{H}}_{3}^{+}$ and H2 ${\mathrm{H}}_{2}$ in Jupiter's northern infrared aurora were conducted on 02 June 2017 using Keck‐NIRSPEC to produce polar projection maps of H3+ ${\mathrm{H}}_{3}^{+}$ radiance, rotational temperature, column density, and H2 ${\mathrm{H}}_{2}$ radiance. The temperature variations
Wang R+10 more
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Effects of Bulk Composition on the Atmospheric Dynamics on Close-in Exoplanets [PDF]
Abstract Super Earths and mini Neptunes likely have a wide range of atmospheric compositions, ranging from low molecular mass atmospheres of H2 to higher molecular atmospheres of water, CO2, N2, or other species. Here we systematically investigate the effects of atmospheric bulk compositions on temperature and wind distributions for ...
Xi Zhang, Adam P. Showman
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Dynamical Constraints on Exoplanets [PDF]
AbstractDynamical studies of new exoplanet systems are a critical component of the discovery and characterisation process. Such studies can provide firmer constraints on the parameters of the newly discovered planets, and may even reveal that the proposed planets do not stand up to dynamical scrutiny.
Horner, J+4 more
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Magma Ocean Evolution at Arbitrary Redox State. [PDF]
Abstract Interactions between magma oceans and overlying atmospheres on young rocky planets leads to an evolving feedback of outgassing, greenhouse forcing, and mantle melt fraction. Previous studies have predominantly focused on the solidification of oxidized Earth‐similar planets, but the diversity in mean density and irradiation observed in the low ...
Nicholls H+3 more
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Predicted Number, Multiplicity, and Orbital Dynamics of TESS M-dwarf Exoplanets [PDF]
Abstract We present a study of the M-dwarf exoplanetary systems forthcoming from NASA’s TESS mission. While the mission’s footprint is too complex to be characterized by a single detection completeness, we extract ensemble completeness functions that recover the planet detections from previous work for stars between 3200 and 4000 K.
Sarah Ballard
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DYNAMICAL MEASUREMENTS OF THE INTERIOR STRUCTURE OF EXOPLANETS [PDF]
Giant gaseous planets often reside on orbits in sufficient proximity to their host stars for the planetary quadrupole gravitational field to become non-negligible. In presence of an additional planetary companion, a precise characterization of the system's orbital state can yield meaningful constraints on the transiting planet's interior structure ...
Becker, Juliette C., Batygin, Konstantin
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Tidal Dissipation Regimes among the Short-period Exoplanets
The efficiency of tidal dissipation provides a zeroth-order link to a planet’s physical properties. For super-Earth and sub-Neptune planets in the range R _⊕ ≲ R _p ≲ 4 R _⊕ , particularly efficient dissipation (i.e., low tidal quality factors) may ...
Emma M. Louden+2 more
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Dynamical Evolution of Closely Packed Multiple Planetary Systems Subject to Atmospheric Mass Loss
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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ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS OF TERRESTRIAL EXOPLANETS OVER A WIDE RANGE OF ORBITAL AND ATMOSPHERIC PARAMETERS [PDF]
The recent discoveries of terrestrial exoplanets and super-Earths extending over a broad range of orbital and physical parameters suggest that these planets will span a wide range of climatic regimes. Characterization of the atmospheres of warm super-Earths has already begun and will be extended to smaller and more distant planets over the coming ...
Yohai Kaspi, Adam P. Showman
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Homogeneous statistical distributions of exoplanets over their dynamic parameters [PDF]
Correct distributions of extrasolar systems for their orbital parameters (semi-major axes, period, eccentricity) and physical characteristics (mass, spectral type of parent star) are received. Orbital resonances in extrasolar systems are considered. It is shown, that the account of more thin effects, including with use of wavelet methods, in obviously ...
V. S. Teplitskaya+2 more
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