scholarly journals Secular Resonance Between Iapetus and the Giant Planets

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matija Ćuk ◽  
Luke Dones ◽  
David Nesvorný ◽  
Kevin J Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Giant Planets ◽  
Secular Resonance

scholarly journals A simplified model for the secular dynamics of eccentric discs and applications to planet–disc interactions

2019 ◽  
Vol 490 (3) ◽  
pp. 4353-4365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Teyssandier ◽  
Dong Lai
Keyword(s):  
Evolution Equations ◽  
Giant Planet ◽  
Giant Planets ◽  
Simplified Model ◽  
Secular Resonance ◽  
Secular Dynamics ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Hydrodynamical Simulations ◽  
Self Gravity

ABSTRACT We develop a simplified model for studying the long-term evolution of giant planets in protoplanetary discs. The model accounts for the eccentricity evolution of the planets and the dynamics of eccentric discs under the influences of secular planet–disc interactions and internal disc pressure, self-gravity, and viscosity. Adopting the ansatz that the disc precesses coherently with aligned apsides, the eccentricity evolution equations of the planet–disc system reduce to a set of linearized ordinary differential equations, which allows for fast computation of the evolution of planet–disc eccentricities over long time-scales. Applying our model to ‘giant planet + external disc’ systems, we are able to reproduce and explain the secular behaviours found in previously published hydrodynamical simulations. We re-examine the possibility of eccentricity excitation (due to secular resonance) of multiple planets embedded in a dispersing disc, and find that taking into account the dynamics of eccentric discs can significantly affect the evolution of the planets’ eccentricities.

Free oscillations of the sun and the giant planets

1981 ◽  
Vol 134 (8) ◽  
pp. 675 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.V. Vorontsov ◽  
V.N. Zharkov
Keyword(s):  
Giant Planets ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Free Oscillations

The Long View of Planetary Systems

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karel Schrijver
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Planetary Systems ◽  
Giant Planets ◽  
Milky Way Galaxy ◽  
Population Statistics ◽  
The Past ◽  
General Terms ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
The Universe

How many planetary systems formed before our’s did, and how many will form after? How old is the average exoplanet in the Galaxy? When did the earliest planets start forming? How different are the ages of terrestrial and giant planets? And, ultimately, what will the fate be of our Solar System, of the Milky Way Galaxy, and of the Universe around us? We cannot know the fate of individual exoplanets with great certainty, but based on population statistics this chapter sketches the past, present, and future of exoworlds and of our Earth in general terms.

scholarly journals Clouds on the giant planets

Nature ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 336 (6200) ◽  
pp. 616-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Gierasch
Keyword(s):  
Giant Planets

scholarly journals Unusual Chemistry of the C–H–N–O System under Pressure and Implications for Giant Planets

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasia S. Naumova ◽  
Sergey V. Lepeshkin ◽  
Pavel V. Bushlanov ◽  
Artem R. Oganov
Keyword(s):  
Giant Planets

scholarly journals Search for giant planets around seven white dwarfs in the Hyades cluster with the Hubble Space Telescope

2020 ◽  
Vol 500 (3) ◽  
pp. 3920-3925
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Brandner ◽  
Hans Zinnecker ◽  
Taisiya Kopytova
Keyword(s):  
White Dwarfs ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Infrared Camera ◽  
Detection Limits ◽  
Giant Planets ◽  
High Angular Resolution ◽  
Mass Detection ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Hyades Cluster

ABSTRACT Only a small number of exoplanets have been identified in stellar cluster environments. We initiated a high angular resolution direct imaging search using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and its Near-Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) instrument for self-luminous giant planets in orbit around seven white dwarfs in the 625 Myr old nearby (≈45 pc) Hyades cluster. The observations were obtained with Near-Infrared Camera 1 (NIC1) in the F110W and F160W filters, and encompass two HST roll angles to facilitate angular differential imaging. The difference images were searched for companion candidates, and radially averaged contrast curves were computed. Though we achieve the lowest mass detection limits yet for angular separations ≥0.5 arcsec, no planetary mass companion to any of the seven white dwarfs, whose initial main-sequence masses were >2.8 M⊙, was found. Comparison with evolutionary models yields detection limits of ≈5–7 Jupiter masses (MJup) according to one model, and between 9 and ≈12 MJup according to another model, at physical separations corresponding to initial semimajor axis of ≥5–8 au (i.e. before the mass-loss events associated with the red and asymptotic giant branch phase of the host star). The study provides further evidence that initially dense cluster environments, which included O- and B-type stars, might not be highly conducive to the formation of massive circumstellar discs, and their transformation into giant planets (with m ≥ 6 MJup and a ≥6 au). This is in agreement with radial velocity surveys for exoplanets around G- and K-type giants, which did not find any planets around stars more massive than ≈3 M⊙.

scholarly journals In Situ exploration of the giant planets

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Mousis ◽  
D. H. Atkinson ◽  
R. Ambrosi ◽  
S. Atreya ◽  
D. Banfield ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Giant Planets ◽  
Atmospheric Composition ◽  
Formation History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Composition Structure ◽  
Galileo Probe ◽  
Probe Measurements

AbstractRemote sensing observations suffer significant limitations when used to study the bulk atmospheric composition of the giant planets of our Solar System. This impacts our knowledge of the formation of these planets and the physics of their atmospheres. A remarkable example of the superiority of in situ probe measurements was illustrated by the exploration of Jupiter, where key measurements such as the determination of the noble gases’ abundances and the precise measurement of the helium mixing ratio were only made available through in situ measurements by the Galileo probe. Here we describe the main scientific goals to be addressed by the future in situ exploration of Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, placing the Galileo probe exploration of Jupiter in a broader context. An atmospheric entry probe targeting the 10-bar level would yield insight into two broad themes: i) the formation history of the giant planets and that of the Solar System, and ii) the processes at play in planetary atmospheres. The probe would descend under parachute to measure composition, structure, and dynamics, with data returned to Earth using a Carrier Relay Spacecraft as a relay station. An atmospheric probe could represent a significant ESA contribution to a future NASA New Frontiers or flagship mission to be launched toward Saturn, Uranus, and/or Neptune.

scholarly journals Constraining the interior of extrasolar giant planets with the tidal Love numberk2using the example of HAT-P-13b

2012 ◽  
Vol 538 ◽  
pp. A146 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Kramm ◽  
N. Nettelmann ◽  
J. J. Fortney ◽  
R. Neuhäuser ◽  
R. Redmer
Keyword(s):  
Giant Planets
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