NIMBUS: The Near-Infrared Multi-Band Ultraprecise Spectroimager for SOFIA [PDF]
, 2012 We present a new and innovative near-infrared multi-band ultraprecise spectroimager (NIMBUS) for SOFIA. This design is capable of characterizing a large sample of extrasolar planet atmospheres by measuring elemental and molecular abundances during ...
Amatucci, Edward +22 more
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Secular spin-axis dynamics of exoplanets [PDF]
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2019 Context. Seasonal variations and climate stability of a planet are very sensitive to the planet obliquity and its evolution. This is of particular interest for the emergence and sustainability of land-based life, but orbital and rotational parameters of exoplanets are still poorly constrained.
Saillenfest, M., Laskar, J., Boué, G.
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Secular orbital dynamics of the innermost exoplanet of the $$\upsilon $$-Andromedæ system
Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 2023 Abstract We introduce a quasi-periodic restricted Hamiltonian to describe the secular motion of a small-mass planet in a multi-planetary system. In particular, we refer to the motion of $$\upsilon $$
Mastroianni R., Locatelli U.
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Tidal dynamics of transiting exoplanets [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2010 AbstractTransits give us the mass, radius, and orbital properties of the planet, all of which inform dynamical theories. Two properties of the hot Jupiters suggest they had a dramatic origin via tidal damping from high eccentricity. First, the tidally circularized planets (in the 1-4 day pile-up) lie along a relation or boundary in the mass-period ...
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The Diversity of Exoplanets: From Interior Dynamics to Surface Expressions [PDF]
Elements, 2021 The coupled interior–atmosphere system of terrestrial exoplanets remains poorly understood. Exoplanets show a wide variety of sizes, densities, surface temperatures, and interior structures, with important knock-on effects for this coupled system. Many exoplanets are predicted to have a “stagnant lid” at the surface, with a rigid stationary crust ...
Ballmer, MD, Noack, L
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Secular spin-axis dynamics of exoplanets (Corrigendum) [PDF]
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2019 International ...
Saillenfest, M., Laskar, J., Boué, G.
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Effects of Bulk Composition on the Atmospheric Dynamics on Close-in Exoplanets [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 2017 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 ...
Zhang, Xi, Showman, Adam P.
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DIRECT MEASURE OF RADIATIVE AND DYNAMICAL PROPERTIES OF AN EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERE [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2016 ABSTRACT Two decades after the discovery of 51 Peg b, the formation processes and atmospheres of short-period gas giants remain poorly understood. Observations of eccentric systems provide key insights on those topics as they can illuminate how a planet’s atmosphere responds to changes in incident flux.
Julien de Wit +6 more
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Exclusion of Stellar Companions to Exoplanet Host Stars [PDF]
, 2017 Given the frequency of stellar multiplicity in the solar neighborhood, it is important to study the impacts this can have on exoplanet properties and orbital dynamics.
Ciardi, David R. +5 more
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Geophysical Monograph Series, Page i-xiv., 2020 This book is Open Access. A digital copy can be downloaded for free from Wiley Online Library.
Explores the behavior of carbon in minerals, melts, and fluids under extreme conditions
Carbon trapped in diamonds and carbonate-bearing rocks in subduction zones are examples of the continuing exchange of substantial carbon ...
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