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Are WASP-107-like Systems Consistent with High-eccentricity Migration?

The Astrophysical Journal
WASP-107 b seems to be a poster child of the long-suspected high-eccentricity migration scenario. It is on a 5.7 day, polar orbit. The planet is Jupiter-like in radius but Neptune-like in mass with exceptionally low density.
Hang Yu, Fei Dai
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The discovery of exoplanets: towards understanding planet formation

Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali
Abstract The discovery of exoplanets has opened a new, very rich field in modern astronomy, allowing a much better insight into the characteristics of planets and the mechanisms for their formation than possible from only the observation of the Solar System.
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The case for a rectangular format space telescope for finding exoplanets

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
We suggest that rectangular primary-mirror telescopes provide a clearer path to discovering habitable worlds than other designs currently being pursued. We show that a simple infrared (λ∼10 μm) telescope design with a rectangular mirror 20 m in length and 1 m in width, combined with technology already developed for JWST, can discover ∼11 habitable ...
Heidi Jo Newberg, Leaf Swordy, Richard K. Barry, Marina Cousins, Kerrigan Nish, Sarah Rickborn, Sebastian Todeasa   +6 more
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No Strong Associations between Eccentricity and Orbital Architecture in Kepler Compact Multis

The Astronomical Journal
The dynamical history of a planetary system is recorded in the present day architecture of its constituent planets’ sizes, orbital periods, and eccentricities.
Gregory J. Gilbert, Erik A. Petigura, Paige M. Entrican   +2 more
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TOWARD THE FORMATION OF CARBONACEOUS REFRACTORY MATTER IN HIGH TEMPERATURE HYDROCARBON-RICH ATMOSPHERES OF EXOPLANETS UPON MICROMETEOROID IMPACT [PDF]

, 2015
Beni B. Dangi, Yong S. Kim, Serge A. Krasnokutski, Ralf I. Kaiser, Charles W. Bauschlicher   +4 more
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Characterization of exoplanets from their formation II. The planetary mass-radius relationship [PDF]

, 2012
C. Mordasini, Y. Alibert, C. Georgy, K.-M. Dittkrist, Hubert Klahr, Thomas Henning   +5 more
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Boundary Layers of Circumplanetary Disks around Spinning Planets. II. Global Modes with Azimuthal Magnetic Fields

The Astrophysical Journal
The accretion of material from disks onto weakly magnetized objects invariably involves its traversal through a material surface, known as the boundary layer (BL).
Zhihao Fu, Shunquan Huang, Cong Yu
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Understanding the Planetary Formation and Evolution in Star Clusters (UPiC). I. Evidence of Hot Giant Exoplanets Formation Timescales [PDF]

, 2023
Yuan-Zhe Dai, Hui-Gen Liu, Jia-Yi Yang, Ji‐Lin Zhou   +3 more
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Constraints on the Orbit of the Young Substellar Companion GQ Lup B from High-resolution Spectroscopy and VLTI/GRAVITY Astrometry

The Astrophysical Journal
Understanding the orbits of giant planets is critical for testing planet formation models, particularly at wide separations (>10 au) where traditional core accretion becomes inefficient.
Vidya Venkatesan, S. Blunt, J. J. Wang, S. Lacour, G.-D. Marleau, G. A. L. Coleman, L. Guerrero, W. O. Balmer, L. Pueyo, T. Stolker, J. Kammerer, N. Pourré, M. Nowak, E. Rickman, A. Sivaramakrishnan, D. Sing, K. Wagner, A.-M. Lagrange, R. Abuter, A. Amorim, R. Asensio-Torres, J.-P. Berger, H. Beust, A. Boccaletti, M. Bonnefoy, H. Bonnet, M. S. Bordoni, G. Bourdarot, W. Brandner, F. Cantalloube, P. Caselli, B. Charnay, G. Chauvin, A. Chavez, A. Chomez, E. Choquet, V. Christiaens, Y. Clénet, V. Coudé du Foresto, A. Cridland, R. Davies, R. Dembet, J. Dexter, A. Drescher, G. Duvert, A. Eckart, F. Eisenhauer, N. M. Förster Schreiber, P. Garcia, R. Garcia Lopez, E. Gendron, R. Genzel, S. Gillessen, J. H. Girard, S. Grant, X. Haubois, G. Heissel, Th. Henning, S. Hinkley, S. Hippler, M. Houllé, Z. Hubert, L. Jocou, M. Keppler, P. Kervella, L. Kreidberg, N. T. Kurtovic, V. Lapeyrère, J.-B. Le Bouquin, D. Lutz, A.-L. Maire, F. Mang, A. Mérand, C. Mordasini, D. Mouillet, E. Nasedkin, T. Ott, G. P. P. L. Otten, C. Paladini, T. Paumard, K. Perraut, G. Perrin, S. Petrus, O. Pfuhl, D. C. Ribeiro, Z. Rustamkulov, J. Shangguan, T. Shimizu, A. Shields, J. Stadler, O. Straub, C. Straubmeier, E. Sturm, L. J. Tacconi, A. Vigan, F. Vincent, S. D. von Fellenberg, F. Widmann, T. O. Winterhalder, J. Woillez, S. Yazici, the ExoGRAVITY Collaboration   +101 more
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Magma Ocean Interactions Can Explain JWST Observations of the Sub-Neptune TOI-270 d

The Astrophysical Journal
Sub-Neptunes with substantial atmospheres may possess magma oceans in contact with the overlying gas, with chemical interactions between the atmosphere and magma playing an important role in shaping atmospheric composition.
Matthew C. Nixon, R. Sander Somers, Arjun B. Savel, Jegug Ih, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Edward D. Young, Hilke E. Schlichting, Tim Lichtenberg, Luis Welbanks, William Misener, Anjali A. A. Piette, Nicholas F. Wogan   +11 more
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