Narrow‐Angle Astrometry with theSpace Interferometry Mission: The Search for Extrasolar Planets. II. Detection and Characterization of Planetary Systems

2003 ◽  
Vol 115 (811) ◽  
pp. 1072-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sozzetti ◽  
S. Casertano ◽  
R. A. Brown ◽  
M. G. Lattanzi
Keyword(s):  
Extrasolar Planets ◽  
Planetary Systems ◽  
Narrow Angle

scholarly journals Results from Microlensing Searches for Extrasolar Planets

2004 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 44-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Penny D. Sackett
Keyword(s):  
Radial Velocity ◽  
Extrasolar Planets ◽  
Planetary Systems ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Subsequent Evolution

Specially-designed microlensing searches, some of which have been underway for several years, are sensitive to extrasolar planets orbiting the most common stars in our Galaxy. Microlensing is particularly well-suited to the detection of Jupiter-mass planets orbiting their parent stars at several AU. Since Jovian analogs are thought to influence the subsequent evolution of most planetary systems, they are particularly important to study. The orbital radii and distances to the planetary systems probed by microlensing are larger than those currently studied by radial velocity techniques; the two methods are thus complementary. Recent results from microlensing searches are discussed, including constraints on Jovian analogs orbiting typical Galactic stars. Benefits and drawbacks of the technique for the characterization of planetary systems, and future prospects are briefly reviewed.

From Dust to Life

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Chambers ◽  
Jacqueline Mitton
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Extrasolar Planets ◽  
Planetary Systems ◽  
History Of Astronomy ◽  
Human Origins ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Emergence Of Life

The birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. This book tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing together the clues that enabled them to deduce the solar system's layout, its age, and the most likely way it formed. Drawing on the history of astronomy and the latest findings in astrophysics and the planetary sciences, the book offers the most up-to-date and authoritative treatment of the subject available. It examines how the evolving universe set the stage for the appearance of our Sun, and how the nebulous cloud of gas and dust that accompanied the young Sun eventually became the planets, comets, moons, and asteroids that exist today. It explores how each of the planets acquired its unique characteristics, why some are rocky and others gaseous, and why one planet in particular—our Earth—provided an almost perfect haven for the emergence of life. The book takes readers to the very frontiers of modern research, engaging with the latest controversies and debates. It reveals how ongoing discoveries of far-distant extrasolar planets and planetary systems are transforming our understanding of our own solar system's astonishing history and its possible fate.

scholarly journals Tidally induced stellar oscillations: converting modelled oscillations excited by hot Jupiters into observables

2020 ◽  
Vol 500 (2) ◽  
pp. 2711-2731
Author(s):  
Andrew Bunting ◽  
Caroline Terquem
Keyword(s):  
Radial Velocity ◽  
Orbital Period ◽  
Planetary Systems ◽  
Velocity Signal ◽  
Convective Flux ◽  
Hot Jupiters ◽  
Stellar Oscillations ◽  
Orbital Periods ◽  
Hot Jupiter

ABSTRACT We calculate the conversion from non-adiabatic, non-radial oscillations tidally induced by a hot Jupiter on a star to observable spectroscopic and photometric signals. Models with both frozen convection and an approximation for a perturbation to the convective flux are discussed. Observables are calculated for some real planetary systems to give specific predictions. The photometric signal is predicted to be proportional to the inverse square of the orbital period, P−2, as in the equilibrium tide approximation. However, the radial velocity signal is predicted to be proportional to P−1, and is therefore much larger at long orbital periods than the signal corresponding to the equilibrium tide approximation, which is proportional to P−3. The prospects for detecting these oscillations and the implications for the detection and characterization of planets are discussed.

scholarly journals Retrograde resonances in compact multi-planetary systems: a feasible stabilizing mechanism

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (S249) ◽  
pp. 511-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Gayon ◽  
Eric Bois
Keyword(s):  
Body Problem ◽  
Extrasolar Planets ◽  
Planetary Systems ◽  
Central Star ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Outer Planet ◽  
Mean Motion Resonances ◽  
Hot Jupiters ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Orbital Data

AbstractMulti-planet systems detected until now are in most cases characterized by hot-Jupiters close to their central star as well as high eccentricities. As a consequence, from a dynamical point of view, compact multi-planetary systems form a variety of the general N-body problem (with N ≥ 3), whose solutions are not necessarily known. Extrasolar planets are up to now found in prograde (i.e. direct) orbital motions about their host star and often in mean-motion resonances (MMR). In the present paper, we investigate a theoretical alternative suitable for the stability of compact multi-planetary systems. When the outer planet moves on a retrograde orbit in MMR with respect to the inner planet, we find that the so-called retrograde resonances present fine and characteristic structures particularly relevant for dynamical stability. We show that retrograde resonances and their resources open a family of stabilizing mechanisms involving specific behaviors of apsidal precessions. We also point up that for particular orbital data, retrograde MMRs may provide more robust stability compared to the corresponding prograde MMRs.

scholarly journals Energy optimization in extrasolar planetary systems: the transition from peas-in-a-pod to runaway growth

2020 ◽  
Vol 493 (4) ◽  
pp. 5520-5531 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fred C Adams ◽  
Konstantin Batygin ◽  
Anthony M Bloch ◽  
Gregory Laughlin
Keyword(s):  
Binary Stars ◽  
Total Mass ◽  
Extrasolar Planets ◽  
Energy State ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Energy Optimization ◽  
Planetary Systems ◽  
Equal Mass ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Self Gravity

ABSTRACT Motivated by the trends found in the observed sample of extrasolar planets, this paper determines tidal equilibrium states for forming planetary systems – subject to conservation of angular momentum, constant total mass, and fixed orbital spacing. In the low mass limit, valid for super-Earth-class planets with masses of order mp ∼ 10 M⊕, previous work showed that energy optimization leads to nearly equal mass planets, with circular orbits confined to a plane. The present treatment generalizes previous results by including the self-gravity of the planetary bodies. For systems with a sufficiently large total mass $m_{\scriptstyle \rm T}$ in planets, the optimized energy state switches over from the case of nearly equal mass planets to a configuration where one planet contains most of the material. This transition occurs for a critical mass threshold of approximately $m_{\scriptstyle \rm T}\gtrsim m_{\scriptstyle \rm C}\sim 40\,{\rm M_\oplus}$ (where the value depends on the semimajor axes of the planetary orbits, the stellar mass, and other system properties). These considerations of energy optimization apply over a wide range of mass scales, from binary stars to planetary systems to the collection of moons orbiting the giant planets in our Solar system.

scholarly journals High precision astrometry mission for the detection and characterization of nearby habitable planetary systems with the Nearby Earth Astrometric Telescope (NEAT)

2011 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 385-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabien Malbet ◽  
Alain Léger ◽  
Michael Shao ◽  
Renaud Goullioud ◽  
Pierre-Olivier Lagage ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Precision ◽  
Planetary Systems ◽  
Precision Astrometry
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