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Confirmation of a Non‐Transiting Planet in the Habitable Zone of the Nearby M Dwarf L 98‐59
ABSTRACT Only 40 exoplanetary systems with five or more planets are currently known. These systems are crucial for our understanding of planet formation and planet‐planet interaction. The M dwarf L 98‐59 has previously been found to show evidence of five planets, three of which are transiting.
Paul I. Schwarz +2 more
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Strong Fractionation of Deuterium and Helium in Sub-Neptune Atmospheres along the Radius Valley
We simulate atmospheric fractionation in escaping planetary atmospheres using IsoFATE , a new open-source numerical model. We expand the parameter space studied previously to planets with tenuous atmospheres that exhibit the greatest helium and deuterium
Collin Cherubim +3 more
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Commissioning an Inexpensive Off‐The‐Shelf Spectrograph for Radial‐Velocity Studies
ABSTRACT We present a way to set up an inexpensive out of the shelf spectrograph at a local observatory. Stability and resolution of the spectrograph are high enough for radial velocity determination of binary stars or determination of stellar characteristics. Even some exoplanets might be detectable via the radial velocity method.
Lukas Stock, Andreas Schrimpf
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Oxidation of the Interiors of Carbide Exoplanets
Astrophysical measurements have shown that some stars have sufficiently high carbon-to-oxygen ratios such that the planets they host would be mainly composed of carbides instead of silicates.
H. W. Horn +5 more
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Giant planets are expected to predominantly form beyond the water-ice line and occasionally undergo inward migration. Unlike hot Jupiters, which can result from high-eccentricity tidal migration, warm Jupiters between 0.1 and 1 au (≈10–365 days) are in ...
Marvin Morgan +6 more
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Conclusive Evidence for a Population of Water Worlds around M Dwarfs Remains Elusive
The population of small, close-in exoplanets is bifurcated into super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. We calculate physically motivated mass–radius relations for sub-Neptunes, with rocky cores and H/He-dominated atmospheres, accounting for their thermal ...
James G. Rogers +2 more
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Variability of Known Exoplanet Host Stars Observed by TESS
Both direct and indirect methods of exoplanet detection rely upon detailed knowledge of the potential host stars. Such stellar characterization allows for accurate extraction of planetary properties, as well as contributing to our overall understanding ...
Emilie R. Simpson +5 more
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Physical constraints for the evolution of life on exoplanets
Recently, many Earth-sized planets have been discovered around stars other than the Sun that might possess appropriate conditions for life. The development of theoretical methods for assessing the putative habitability of these worlds is of paramount importance, since it serves the dual purpose of identifying and quantifying what types of biosignatures
Lingam, Manasvi, Loeb, Abraham
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Altitude Profile and Isotopic Composition for N2 From Pioneer Venus Mass Spectra
Abstract We report the highest resolution altitude profile and isotopic composition for N2 at Venus, to date. These results were obtained through re‐analysis of data acquired by the Pioneer Venus Large Probe Neutral Mass Spectrometer (LNMS). The N2 is non‐uniformly mixed across the clouds and sub‐cloud atmosphere (∼59–15 km) yet uniformly mixed across ...
R. Mogul, S. S. Limaye, M. J. Way
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We present the JWST/NIRSpec G395H transmission spectrum of the young (10–30 Myr) transiting planet V1298 Tau b (9.85 ± 0.35 R _⊕ , T _eq = 670 K). Combined Hubble Space Telescope and JWST observations reveal a haze-free, H/He-dominated atmosphere with a
Saugata Barat +21 more
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